AT&T and the city of San Jose, California, are teaming up in a public-private partnership that will foster the creation of a smart city with AT&T’s internet of things (IoT) technology. In April, AT&T and San Jose announced a strategic collaboration for the deployment of small cells.

Basecamp Connect (BCC) signed a distribution agreement with Navair Technologies to enhance its public-safety offering. BCC is a rapidly deployable communications solution that creates a local network, interconnects radios and automates network failovers to provide phone, internet and radio interoperability.

Regional wireless carrier C Spire introduced a new public-safety data priority service designed to help local and state emergency first responders send and receive critical mobile data communications during a crisis or natural disaster.

The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) criticized the Trump administration’s list of items subject to 25 percent tariffs following the Section 301 investigation into China’s trade practices. The list includes a number of inputs used in the U.S.-based manufacturing of telecom goods.

Representatives from 30 global telecommunications companies will join dozens of observers from U.S. state and federal agencies, as well as international participants, to test public-safety communications and related technologies during the second international Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT) Plugtests event set for June 25 – 29 at Disaster City on the Texas A&M University (TAMU) campus in College Station, USA.

Lubbock Emergency Communication District in Texas is one of several agencies working with Motorola Solutions to advance its operations to next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) by replacing analog equipment with new IP infrastructure.

Spectrum policy expert Pierre de Vries, PhD, will deliver the keynote address at the 2018 Wireless Leadership Summit sponsored by the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA). Dr. de Vries will share his analysis of next-generation wireless systems and the difficulties and opportunities these emerging technologies pose for spectrum policy and business development.

State fiscal conditions show signs of improvement and greater stability compared with this time last year, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO). According to governors’ proposed budgets — and enacted budgets for some biennial states — state general fund spending is projected to increase 3.2 percent in fiscal 2019 compared with fiscal 2018.

Orbital Insight announced an exclusive agreement to bundle its products with the emergency flood mapping services of e-GEOS (ASI/Telespazio) for the U.S. government.

The FCC seeks comment on two issues surrounding 9-1-1 service. First, the commission wants comment on its rules regarding the reliability of the nation’s 9-1-1 networks, including notification to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) of network outages affecting 9-1-1 service.