The U.K. Home Office said that Airwave network likely will not be turned off until at least the beginning of 2024 due to delays with the Emergency Services Network (ESN), which is intended to replace the Airwave network for the country’s emergency services.

Sonim Technologies partnered with Push to Talk International (PTTI), a supplier of push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PTToC) services in the UK and Ireland.

Ericsson, Qualcomm Technologies and U.S. Cellular announced that the companies have successfully achieved the first extended range 5G New Radio (NR) millimeter wave (mmWave) data call in the U.S. on a commercial network.

RapidDeploy announced that it will directly integrate supplemental emergency data from some of the largest and most influential companies in technology and public safety. Google, OnStar, ADT, Priority Dispatch and Rave Mobile Safety are the most recent additions to RapidDeploy’s Unified Critical Response (UCR) ecosystem, which already has partnerships with AT&T, Microsoft, AT&T FirstNet and Esri.

In-person Comms Connect events have been canceled for the rest of the year because of ongoing restrictions in Australia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In its place, Westwick-Farrow Media is hosting a virtual conference series.

The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) and the Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) approved updated or new environmental sensing capability (ESC) sensor deployment and coverage plans for CommScope, Google and Key Bridge Wireless.

President Donald Trump nominated Nathan Simington to take the seat of Michael O’Rielly on the FCC Board.

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill that classifies 9-1-1 dispatchers as first responders into law.

The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), released the “Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Program Planning Toolkit.”

Critical infrastructure and public-safety organizations filed two separate emergency petitions for stay with U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

CompuDyne completed the installation of a new CAD system for Prince George's County, Md. CompuDyne's public safety and justice unit, Tiburon, upgraded the county's existing system to take advantage of new technologies and to provide improved communications to the police, sheriff, fire, and rescue departments that serve the