Verizon announced it plans to build and operate a private network core dedicated to public safety and make priority access and pre-emption services available to public safety “when necessary and at no charge.”

Futurecom Systems Group has taken over the production, support and ongoing development of the Siren and Lights Interface Module (SLIM) sold worldwide exclusively by Motorola Solutions.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) certified Harris’ MASTR V Project 25 (P25) base station compliant under the updated requirements of the P25 Compliance Assessment Program (CAP).

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International’s new guide card software called APCO IntelliComm will use IBM Watson speech to text and Watson analytics to enhance the scripted criteria guidance used by 9-1-1 emergency telecommunicators nationwide.

Zetron will host its seventh annual “Shoot for the Stars” golf tournament to benefit Behind the Badge Foundation in August. Behind the Badge is an organization that honors, supports and assists Washington state’s injured and fallen law-enforcement officers and their families.

Singapore company Addvalue Technologies formalized a worldwide agreement with Inmarsat to jointly offer a commercial on-demand communications service specifically designed to address certain elements of the rapidly expanding low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite market. The service, termed Inter-Satellite Data Relay Service (IDRS), will enhance and improve the operational efficiency of LEO satellite operations globally.

Simoco Wireless Solutions signed an agreement to implement the first phase of a multiphase project to provide Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Jamaica’s sole distributor of electricity, with a new Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) network.

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.

Hytera Communications announced an agreement with the International Canoe Federation and U.K. British Canoeing Sailing Committee to sponsor the XX International Canoe (IC) World Championships, hosted in the United Kingdom at the Welsh National Sailing Academy in Pwllheli 10 – 25 August.