Security will take center stage at this year’s PMRExpo 27 – 28 November in Cologne, Germany.

A cybersecurity specialist, research institutes, service providers and Ireland’s official standards body are among the latest companies to join the global internet of things (IoT) standards initiative oneM2M.

A new European (EU) project — 5G Verticals INNovation Infrastructure (5G-VINNI) — aims to accelerate the acceptance of 5G across Europe. The new project is comprised of 23 partners including major telecom operators, industry vendors and academia.

Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) welcomed three new members — Turku University of Applied Sciences in Finland, Belgian Federal Police and Kingston University in the United Kingdom.

Mission Critical Partners announced a new social media pilot program in the Charleston County (South Carolina) Consolidated 911 Center.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS) demonstrated the direct transmission of sensor data from multiple transmitters via a geostationary satellite. For the test transmission, the institute employed portable, ground-based transmitters equipped with small, omnidirectional C-band antennas.

Two Radio Club of America (RCA) board members received international awards for their contributions to amateur radio.

Brooks Bawden, a Washington, D.C. consulting firm specializing in public safety and security, hired Chris Moore as a partner in the firm. With his addition, the firm will change its name to Brooks Bawden Moore.

The National Association of Tower Erectors (NATE) declared May 9 as tower technician appreciation day. For the second consecutive year, a day was set aside by NATE to coincide with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) national safety stand-down week.

CAD provider RapidDeploy installed its cloud-based CAD platform in the testing laboratory at the Internet2 Technology Evaluation Center (ITEC) at Texas A&M University.