Several jurisdictions around the country are beginning to adopt a new UL standard for in-building communications that could change the in-building market.

Clark County, Nevada, sent a letter to selected resort high-rise hotels in Las Vegas requiring they perform public-safety radio coverage testing and provide a written report to the Clark County Fire Chief’s office no later than Jan. 1.

PCTEL and Ranplan announced the integration of Ranplan Professional with PCTEL’s SeeHawk Touch data collection software to streamline in-building wireless network design, planning and optimization. The new technology will help engineers measure, model and visualize the complex interactions between technologies such as 5G alongside existing cellular, Wi-Fi and public-safety networks.

Wave Wireless partnered with Comba Telecom to commission the first in-building public-safety communication system in Washington D.C. under the recently updated fire code regulations, which are widely considered the most stringent public-safety code requirements in the nation.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) is starting to become a reality, so authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) must consider the wide-ranging ramifications of implementing the new mission-critical broadband data service and how it will affect in-building communications for first responders, building owners, facility managers and tenants.

In its newly released report on public-safety distributed antennas systems (DAS) and the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), ABI Research examines the features being implemented by AT&T for FirstNet, discusses the requirements for in-building FirstNet wireless coverage and makes strategic recommendations to building owners/managers, equipment vendors, system integrators and neutral hosts.

In a letter to shareholders, Westell Technologies touted its vision to target public-safety communications, saying it has introduced new products specifically for public safety and has other new products slated for release later this year.