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.