A new white paper from SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC) found that LTE is unlikely to replace LMR in the near future. Instead, the report said, the two technologies are likely to merge.

Not many people think about 911 until they themselves are involved in an emergency. It’s the number everyone knows but hopes they will never have to dial. And then, when they do have to, the expectation is that help will arrive at the incident location precisely and instantaneously.

Anterix launched an integrated platform to accelerate the scale benefits of a “network” of individual private broadband networks.

L3Harris Technologies partnered with FirstNet, Built with AT&T to connect the FirstNet network with Florida’s Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) P25 network. The connection between the two networks is made by leveraging L3Harris’ BeOn mobile application.

In a meeting with the FCC, the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) urged caution with moving forward with any changes to the rules governing the T-band as requested by a petition of rulemaking from the National Wireless Communications Council (NWCC).

In this era of 5G, internet of things (IoT) and everything digital, most fire and rescue agencies still use analog paging systems to dispatch and communicate with first responders. The need to upgrade a 70-year-old technology is dovetailing with the ongoing rollout of a new generation of television broadcast technology. A new statewide public-safety system using North Carolina’s public television network is under development that could support public safety and emergency response agencies throughout the state.

Motorola Solutions acquired Videotec, a global provider of ruggedized video security solutions based in Italy. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of Emergency Medical Services named Brian Tegtmeyer coordinator of the National 911 Program effective May 9.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the Public Safety Immersive Test Center in Boulder, Colorado, to spur the development and deployment of technologies critical to effective public-safety response.

AT&T launched nationwide location-based routing, which will allow it to automatically transmit wireless 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate 9-1-1 call centers nationwide.