New research shows that more than 50 percent of government respondents say that public technology adoption should be stimulated, managed and aggregated at the local or city level. ABI Research conducted the business-to-business (B2B) technology survey of 455 U.S.-based companies that span nine verticals.

The Canadian government announced a commitment of C$3 million (US$2.2 million) in 2017 – 18 to engage stakeholders and produce evidence-based analysis on implementation models for a potential public-safety broadband network (PSBN). This engagement and analysis will provide the opportunity to better understand the potential benefits of a PSBN and will support decision-making moving forward, a statement said.

New public opinion research finds the overwhelming majority of Americans see public television as an effective channel for educating children and underserved populations about responding to emergency situations such as tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes or terrorist attacks.

ABI Research predicted that public-safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) will hit the mainstream markets after 2020 as trials and deployments gain momentum across the world. Hardware revenue is expected to increase by 30 percent annually, reaching $540 million in 2025.

The critical communications Long Term Evolution (LTE) market is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 20 percent, from $1.1 billion in 2015 to $2.6 billion in 2020, according to IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions. The total addressable market for private LTE is compounded by increasing revenues from both devices and eNodeBs shipped for use on private networks.

States’ enacted budgets for fiscal 2017 project moderate general fund spending growth for the seventh consecutive year, according to the fall 2016 edition of “The Fiscal Survey of States.” However, progress since the Great Recession has been slow, and 32 states still spent less in fiscal 2016 than the pre-recession peak in fiscal 2008, adjusted for inflation.

SNS Research's latest report indicates that licensed Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) technologies will account for more than 35 percent of all low power wide area (LPWA) network connections by 2020. LPWA networks are optimized to provide wide-area coverage with minimal power consumption, with an estimated $23 billion in service revenue by 2020.

The Middle East and Africa (MEA) will experience the fastest rate of digitization in the world, according to analysts IHS Markit. Shipments of Long Term Evolution (LTE) and other technology increased by more than 300 percent during 2015, and the MEA region is projected to be one of the world’s fastest growth markets for TETRA technology.

ABI Research announced that the critical communications market, comprised of industrial/business, public safety, transportation and utilities business segments, is poised for solid growth during the next decade. The global market is on track to top $8 billion in 2017.

Rivada Mercury announced the results of a survey that company officials said found that 72 percent of respondents would be willing to give up their cellphone reception to first responders, and a majority (63 percent) said first responders should get access to communications before the public.