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

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.

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.

The U.S. government is accepting comment on draft rule that would ban federal agencies from buying telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from five Chinese companies, including Hytera Communications and Huawei.

Siemens Mobility and Softil announced an agreement to bring a range of next-generation communications solutions to market for use in Long Term Evolution-Railway (LTE-R) railways as well as mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) metro applications such as underground, trams and buses.

NII Holdings announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2019. For the quarter, the company reported a $5 million loss from continuing operations and a $12 million loss from discontinued operations.

The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) released a report card on the deployment of advanced mobile location (AML) technology, used to locate emergency callers.

A report from the Electronic Communications Committee (ECC) of the European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT) offers updates on current and future use for the 400 MHz professional mobile radio (PMR)/public access mobile radio (PAMR) frequencies.

Federal bans on Chinese company procurements in video surveillance will provide traction for Motorola Solutions, while the company has yet to see revenue from the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), said CEO and Chairman Greg Brown.

The U.K. Emergency Services Network (ESN) staff July 30 made the first call on a moving London Underground Tube train using a pre-production Samsung ESN device on the live ESN network provided by EE.