The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) awarded Federal Engineering a contract to review ways public media supports public safety and emergency alerting for the U.S. and in local communities.

The FirstNet Association changed its name to the Public Safety Broadband Technology Association (PSBTA) to avoid confusion between the association and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet).

Globalstar entered a long-term strategic relationship with Seattle-based Recon Powerline allowing the company to use Globalstar's satellite and multiradio modems to help address the growing issue of wildfire risk management.

BearCom Group acquired three additional mobile communications dealers around the country. Terms of the three transactions were not announced.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network performs more than 25% faster than commercial networks, according to data from AT&T, which is building out the nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).

Viavi reported results for its third fiscal quarter ended March 30. Third quarter of fiscal 2019 net revenue was $265.2 million. GAAP net loss was $4.8 million. Third quarter of fiscal 2018 net revenue was $218.7 million. GAAP net loss was $10.7 million.

On May 8, most Canadian provincial and territorial emergency management organizations will issue public test messages through Alert Ready, Canada's emergency alerting system. Each participating province or territory will issue one test message to be distributed simultaneously over television, radio and compatible wireless devices at designated times.

San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (SDG&E) plans to test whether a private Long Term Evolution (LTE) network can operate in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum in the 3.5 GHz band to provide communications for applications such as wildfire risk mitigation.

Motorola Solutions executives expect recent acquisitions to give it a competitive edge and contribute to growth this year.

Mission Critical Partners (MCP), a public-safety consulting firm, announced two new appointments to its senior leadership team. Darrin Reilly was named chief operating officer (COO), reporting to Kevin Murray, chairman and CEO.