Telit announced a contract with China Unicom IoT that will use Telit’s deviceWISE internet of things (IoT) platform to streamline the process of integrating and managing IoT devices and applications.

Officials with ASTRID, Belgium’s national radio communications network operator for emergency services, said its TETRA network will continue to support public-safety users through at least 2025-2030.

The 2018 Winter Institute will be held Oct. 22 – 26 at Disaster City on the campus of Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station, Texas. This year’s programming will include the Winter Institute exercise, a public-safety broadband workshop and Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) grant recipient support.

Axon said public-safety agencies can buy the Axon Body 3 with FirstNet connectivity directly from Axon, which executives said is the first company to resell First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) services as a part of its product offering. Axon's latest body camera, Axon Body 3, is Long Term Evolution (LTE) enabled.

Airbus said its collaboration tool Tactilon Agnet is used for secure cross-border broadband communications among public-safety personnel in the autonomous region of Bolzano-South Tyrol, Austria, for reliable and secure voice, data and geopositioning functions.

The CBRS Alliance and Wireless Innovation Forum (WInnForum) commended the businesses that introduced the first set of Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) devices certified by the FCC. Ericsson, Nokia, Sercomm and Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, achieved certification for the CBRS 3.5 GHz band, which will use shared spectrum for wireless connectivity.

Standardization topped the agenda of the Innovation for Crisis Management (I4CM) conference held 3 – 4 September in Warsaw, Poland.

Verizon teamed with Mutualink to provide interoperable critical communications solutions that will allow first responders and related entities to securely connect their organization’s networks to communicate and share real-time video and critical information.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) touted artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for improving homeland security operations. AI can, for example, help responders and law enforcement prioritize large amounts of data from a variety of different places to expedite decision-making.

The National Law Enforcement Museum announced its 9-1-1 Emergency Ops exhibit, sponsored by Motorola Solutions. The exhibit allows visitors to take on the important role of a 9-1-1 dispatcher and learn how this communications system is essential to the work of law enforcement.