To help agencies determine public-safety communications solutions that strike the balance between cost and value, federal groups released a guide that compiles recommendations, best practices and considerations for public-safety agencies to evaluate equipment cost effectiveness.

New market research from SNS Telecom & IT estimates that annual investments in public-safety LTE/5G-ready infrastructure will reach $2 billion by the end of 2020. The number includes dedicated, hybrid commercial-private and secure mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) networks.

There are initiatives in 15 countries for enterprises to deploy private networks, said global technology market advisory firm ABI Research. This includes both arrangements for enterprises to acquire spectrum directly from the regulator, as well as spectrum assets held by mobile network operators, that focus entirely on providing private cellular networks for enterprises.

The Safer Buildings Coalition (SBC) released industry data highlighting that U.S. building inspections are still being performed and most members’ shipments have either not changed or increased.

Increasing network requirements across large organizations adopting software-driven operations are fueling the deployment of private Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. Businesses are implementing automation, analytics and machine communications to enhance productivity and efficiency, as well as security.

The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) released the state CIO top 10 priorities for 2020 with cybersecurity remaining the top priority for the seventh year.

In fiscal 2019, total state government spending rose 5.7%, according to the latest report from the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO). In fiscal 2018, total state spending grew at a slower rate of 3.4%.

Market research firm SNS Telecom & IT released a new report on the global private Long Term Evolution (LTE) market, with annual spending expected to reach $4.7 billion by the end of 2020.

A new report from IHS Markit Technology said there is steady growth across sectors for TETRA terminals. The increase in demand is led by the industrial user vertical, where 8% increase in compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is predicted to 2023. Other markets with more than 5% anticipated growth include transport and utilities, while the public-safety market is predicted to grow its TETRA installed base by more than 4% in the 12 months to December 2020.

Opensignal performed an analysis of 4G network speeds in rural areas of the United States, which cover 97% of the U.S. land area. The study looked at measures of mobile network experience across three different types of rural America in order of “remoteness” — fringe, distant and remote — using the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) definitions of rural U.S.