The National 911 Program released the “NG911 Roadmap,” a collaborative effort between the program and 9-1-1 stakeholders from both the public and private sectors. It focuses on what needs to be done at the national level to achieve a nationwide next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) system of systems.

Global Certification Forum (GCF) and 450 MHz Alliance formalized a new partnership and signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that will see a GCF certification initiative extend to users of the 450 MHz band.

Norwegian public-safety agencies completed a virtual site acceptance test of new control room technologies. Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) collaborated with public-safety agencies and suppliers on the acceptance.

An Indiana school district found itself open to security vulnerabilities because of a number of outdated and disparate communications networks. A move to a more integrated communications system has helped the district improve its security and situational awareness.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) released its annual report to Congress. The report discusses the nationwide public-safety broadband network’s buildout, the FirstNet road map, investment strategy and public-safety user examples.

The U.K. High Court approved a request from Motorola Solutions for a freezing order that prevents Hytera Communications from moving up to US$345.7 million in assets out of the country.

Erillisverkot, the provider of Finland’s planned Virve 2.0 public-safety broadband network, published a summary of the responses to its request for information (RFI) on Virve 2.0 mission-critical services it released in November. The primary goal was to get a clear picture of the maturity and interoperability of solutions to guide in shaping the related procurement strategy.

As expected, the FCC adopted rules that make 1,200 megahertz of spectrum in the 6 GHz band available for unlicensed use. These new rules will usher in Wi-Fi 6, the next generation of Wi-Fi, and play a role in the growth of the internet of things (IoT), the FCC said.

A new report offers a detailed economic analysis of an interference limit regime. The report concludes that, under certain economic and regulatory conditions, an interference limit regime can improve the efficiency of radio system coexistence.

AT&T announced the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) network is supporting more than 1.3 million FirstNet connections across more than 12,000 agencies in service. Those numbers are up since February, when AT&T said it had more than 11,000 public-safety agencies and organizations subscribing to FirstNet, accounting for more than 1.2 million connections nationwide.