A report from ABI Research found the total mission-critical communications market for base stations, repeaters, handsets and infrastructure in 2022 will be US$10 billion. The North American market continues to account for more than half of this world market with the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific region in second place with a 20 percent market share.

Global shipments of TETRA increased by 15 percent in 2017, with strong growth noted across all geographic regions.

The FCC is requesting comment for an upcoming report that will address the feasibility of allowing commercial wireless services to use or share use of the 3.7 – 4.2 GHz spectrum band.

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.

New public opinion research finds that the overwhelming majority of Americans want public TV to play a role in providing earthquake early warnings. Commissioned by Eagle Hill Consulting, the research also finds strong public support for government investment in early warning technology.

The private LTE market is expected to surpass $2.5 billion in annual spending by the end of 2018, new research found. SNS Telecom & IT estimates that the market will further grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 30 percent between 2018 and 2021, eventually accounting for more than $5 billion in annual spending by the end of 2021.

A new vendor-sponsored survey found that most law enforcement professionals spend at least three to four hours a day completing incident reports and other police paperwork, which means 50 percent of an average shift is being taken up by inefficient documentation processes.

The New Zealand Commerce Commission is undertaking a study to improve its understanding of backhaul services under S9A of the Telecommunications Act.

Market research firm IHS Markit said the number of digital mobile radio users exceeded the number of analog users for the first time in 2017.

A new "safe cities" survey sponsored by Unisys and conducted by research company YouGov queried a total of nearly 4,000 respondents in 10 cities around the world to gauge their attitudes on a wide range of security-related issues.