Augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are finding holds in the commercial market as consumers adopt the technology for gaming, learning and other users. While not as established as it is in the commercial market, AR is also beginning to creep into the public-safety market.

Kymeta announced that its products were placed on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). This contract places Kymeta on USSOCOM Special Operations Forces Deployable Node (SDN) Lite and is designed to support the procurement of modular, portable satellite communications terminal variants that will handle secure and nonsecure voice, video and data communications at several classification levels.

Finnish telecommunications operator Elisa teamed with Ericsson to pilot a private cellular network for the operator and its customers.

Westell Technologies announced results for its fiscal 2020 first quarter ended June 30. Revenue was $9 million and comprised $2.9 million from the In-Building Wireless (IBW) segment, $3.1 million from the Intelligent Site Management (ISM) segment and $3 million from the Communication Network Solutions (CNS) segment.

In 2017, Shaoyang Traffic Police Detachment of China’s Hunan Province established the Red Eagle Motorcycle Squad, which consists of 66 traffic officers and parapolice. As higher demands are posed to law enforcement, besides guaranteed mission-critical voice service, the police's requirement on data service including multimedia and mobile working has been increasing.

InSite Wireless Group, a private operator of wireless communications infrastructure, acquired the majority interest in Agile Networks, a provider of telecommunications equipment. Pursuant to the purchase agreement, InSite will become the single largest investor in Agile.

The Indiana Statewide 9-1-1 Board has selected AT&T to help modernize legacy 9-1-1 systems across the state. Through the collaboration, AT&T will replace outdated 9-1-1 infrastructure with AT&T emergency services IP network (ESInet) covering more than 60% of Indiana’s 6.6 million citizens.

Since its establishment in 2018, PrioCom has taken major steps as a secure mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in mission-critical communications using 4G in the Netherlands. A new bilingual website emphasizes the organization’s position and offers its resellers support through a personal online portal.

Cradlepoint said it achieved 200% year over year customer growth in the public-safety market for its NetCloud service and Long Term Evolution (LTE) edge routers. Cradlepoint has surpassed 3,000 federal, state and local public-safety customers worldwide.

The Kansas 9-1-1 Coordinating Council is working with AT&T to deploy a cloud-based mapping and situational awareness solution powered by RapidDeploy.