Rave Mobile Safety said its technology now impacts 15 percent of 9-1-1 calls nationwide because of statewide expansion in Delaware. The company already has state partnerships with Arkansas and Michigan.

xG Technology’s Vislink business received orders valued at about $200,000 for specialized microwave communications equipment to be used in airborne surveillance and law enforcement operations by a police force in Africa.

Westell Technologies, a provider of wireless infrastructure, announced results for its fiscal 2018 first quarter ended June 30.

Public-safety smartphone maker Bittium reported its financial results for the first half of the year. Net sales from January to June decreased by 12.8 percent year-on-year to €27.1 million (US$31.8 million).

The Monroe County (Florida) Sheriff upgraded its CompassCom mobile resource management (MRM) solution to fully leverage the county’s recently enhanced Motorola Solutions Project 25 (P25) radio network.

Dubuque County, Iowa, is migrating its analog voice paging for its volunteer firefighters to a digital alerting solution from Swissphone. In conjunction with an upgrade to Project 25 (P25) for voice communications, Dubuque County wants to improve performance within its fire and EMS response. This requires faster and more reliable paging of its volunteer fire services to reduce response times.

In 2010, the state of Arizona performed a successful proof of concept for a next-generation 9-1-1 system (NG 9-1-1) and planned to move forward with the transition. However, that same year, the state passed legislation cutting the state’s 9-1-1 fees, causing the state to shelve the project.

The Okaloosa County (Florida) Department of Public Safety upgraded to Airbus DS Communications’ 9-1-1 call-handling and router solutions. This transition from traditional analog technology to an IP-based system allows Okaloosa County to better manage its 9-1-1 emergency calls, while placing it on an accelerated path to next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1), a statement said.

pdvWireless reported its first quarter results for the period ended June 30. Revenue for the company's first fiscal quarter ended June 30 was $1.5 million; revenue for the same period of the prior year was $1 million.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, in coordination with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has been investigating instances of misuse of, and harmful interference to, frequency 121.5 MHz, which the FCC set aside for emergency and distress communications.