Elmore County, Idaho, awarded Federal Engineering a contract to assess the county’s CAD and records management needs.

AT&T added Nokia’s end-to-end industrial-grade capabilities to its AT&T Private Cellular Networks solutions. Now, businesses across the United States can build private networks through AT&T using Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum and Nokia infrastructure. Both Nokia Digital Automation Cloud and Modular Private Wireless platforms will be offered by AT&T.

The Missouri 9-1-1 Service Board selected GeoComm for a statewide next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) geographic information system (GIS) services project aimed at helping the state prepare for a future NG 9-1-1 implementation.

Sonim Technologies announced that its XP8 Android ultra-rugged smartphone is among the initial devices that are approved for Verizon’s new Push-to-Talk Responder interoperable-ready mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) solution.

L3Harris Technologies provided 39 non-profit organizations across the U.S. with $930,000 in social impact grants as part of the company’s ongoing efforts to provide relief to communities adversely affected by COVID-19.

The FCC granted a request from Metrom Rail to waive sections of its rules to allow for the certification and operation of ultrawideband (UWB) devices that will be used to enhance the safety and reliability of transit rail operations.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau announced Axel Rodriguez as the commission’s new field director. He will lead the bureau’s field office staff in its work combatting harmful interference to authorized uses of the airwaves, supporting restoration of communications after disasters, and investigating rule violations and other illegal activities.

The U.S. Army selected the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) to support firefighters, law enforcement and security personnel at 72 Army installations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico.

The second procurement phase of the Virve public-safety network’s renewal started in early October. During that phase, operator Erillisverkot will purchase mission-critical services for the Virve 2.0 system.

The availability of fully interoperable standards-based critical broadband services has moved a step closer with the first pre-verification of a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) conformance test case. The test is critical to the development of truly global mission-critical broadband systems that will enable first responders to communicate seamlessly in the same way that 3G/4G/5G-based networks, devices and services work: across vendors, operators and international borders.