The foundation of mission-critical communications has, and always will be, voice. However, that doesn’t mean digital technologies and applications can’t further enhance our public-safety organizations and allow first responders to do their job more effectively.

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Final scoping of the Release 18 (R18) feature content was the major topic of interest at last month’s quarterly 3GPP Plenary e-meeting. With the support of AT&T and multiple international public safety partners, the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) worked to assure that the top features important to public safety will be part of R18. The agreed R18 schedule will result in a December 2023 completion target date.

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The Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) will continue to focus on its advocacy efforts and strong customer service following its leadership transition, new CEO Robin Cohen said.

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Finding parties in distress can be a major challenge for first responders responding to an emergency situation. 9-1-1 centers, including in Prince William County, Virginia, are using emergency information databases to find citizens more quickly and provide better, more efficient service.

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Following a transition period that started in October last year, Kevin Graham officially took over from Tony Gray as TCCA chief executive on January 1. RadioResource International asked Graham to share a little on his past experience and his goals for TCCA.

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An appeals court rejected petitions for review from multiple organizations asking that the FCC’s rules allowing unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band be remanded back to the FCC for reconsideration.

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TCCA Chief Executive Tony Gray announced his retirement earlier this year and in September, the TCCA board appointed Kevin Graham as the new chief executive. With Gray’s tenure as the chief executive winding down, RadioResource International asked Gray to reflect on his time with TCCA and what lies ahead for critical communications.

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Standards work and new communications technology innovations were at the top of mind for MissionCritical Communications reader during 2021, as those stories were sprinkled throughout the most read stories of 2021.

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The FCC received a large swath of comments in response to its request for feedback on its eighth further notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in regards to what actions it should take to improve use of the band.

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European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Adrian Scrase said that the details of what will be included in Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 18 will be released by the end of the year.

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Industry consultant and educator Andrew Seybold takes a look back at the difference between network capacity requirements for commercial and public-safety broadband networks and explores why that difference is important in discussion surrounding 4.9 GHz.

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The deployment and installation process for an emergency responder radio communications systems (ERRCS) in a luxury apartment in San Francisco highlights some of the challenges and obstacles with in-building communications.

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Public safety, business and critical infrastructure officials emphasized the importance of backup power and collaboration between wireless providers and energy providers during a field hearing on disaster communications that was a part of the FCC’s October 26 meeting.

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The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released a timeline for its investigation into Motorola Solutions’ dual roles as owner of the Airwave network and a supplier for the Emergency Service Network Project (ESN).

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The Safer Buildings Coalition’s (SBC) two main initiatives right now are aimed at raising the competency of installed in-building systems and eliminating harmful interference from those systems.

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