Monogoto closed $11 million in funding led by Team8, with participation from Telefonica Tech Ventures and Singtel Innov8, as well as Alter Venture Partners, Triventures and Planven Entrepreneur Ventures.

Mutualink, in partnership with Stafford County and Virginia’s Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), successfully deployed and is powering the Virginia Smart Community Testbed, the state’s first smart city deployment.

The Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division of the National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) announced a new funding opportunity focused on artificial intelligence (AI) for the internet of things.

The Malta Police Force deployed Motorola Solutions’ VB400 body-worn cameras to all frontline officers across the Republic of Malta. The rollout is part of the Malta Police Force’s transformation strategy, which aims to modernize the police force while increasing trust and transparency with the community.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) selected five host airports to evaluate technologies and systems that could detect and mitigate potential safety risks posed by unmanned aircraft. The effort is part of the agency’s Airport Unmanned Aircraft Systems Detection and Mitigation Research Program.

Several technology options exist for deploying IoT solutions focused on critical needs. These principally fall into two low-power wide area (LPWA) network classifications: licensed 4G and 5G cellular, and non-cellular LPWA.

The Zigbee Alliance, an organization of hundreds of companies creating, maintaining, and delivering open global standards for the internet of things (IoT), today announced its organizational rebrand to the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA).

Motorola Solutions signed a four-year single supplier framework agreement with BlueLight Commercial to deploy integrated 4RE in-car video solutions to all emergency services in the U.K. including police, highways agencies, border security and the U.K. Home Office.

The French Ministry of the Interior (MoI) will deploy 30,000 of Motorola Solutions’ VB400 body-worn cameras to its National Police and the Gendarmerie military police to modernize policing. The rollout of body-worn cameras, valued at $17.5 million (€15 million), is one of the largest ever deployed and is expected to start in July 2021. The deployment will support the French government’s goal to improve trust and safety in policing by having all law enforcement officers wearing body-worn cameras.

The Airborne International Response Team (AIRT) and DRONERESPONDERS announced a combined initiative to develop a global, geo-referenced database of public-safety unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) programs and emergency response remote pilots.