Research and Markets added a public-safety spectrum and systems report to its research offerings.The report, “Public Safety Spectrum & Systems: Which Pathways to Broadband PPDR Networks?” focuses on public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) usage worldwide, which is concentrated in a limited number of frequency bands.

A new market research report by MarketsandMarkets estimates that the critical infrastructure protection (CIP) market will grow from $72.3 billion in 2014 to $114.8 billion in 2019.

Global research organization IHS predicted that the installed base for TETRA terminals in North and South America is set to increase by 14 percent by 2019, mostly driven by significant uptake in the transportation, utilities and industrial sectors. Notably, shipments into North America are projected to more than double from 2014 to 2019 with more than 30,000 TETRA terminal shipments forecast in the region.

A recent survey of LMR users conducted by Market in View indicated that 75 percent of users make use of a commercial cellular service to supplement LMR communications at work. Kodiak Networks, a provider of broadband push-to-talk (PTT) solutions, commissioned the survey.

Private sector spending on cybersecurity is accelerating, and for the first time in years, will grow faster than government spending in 2015, according to a new report issued by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).

A new study from Frost & Sullivan on smart cities concludes that the United States will continue to set the pace, leading the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution and next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) development. However, cash-rich oil cities in the Middle East and Central Asia, and Russia because of the FIFA World Cup in 2018, will also upgrade security infrastructure as cities focus on becoming smarter and safer.

ABI Research expects 2015 to be a big year for smart glasses with unit shipment growth of nearly 150 percent in 2015, almost of all of which will be in the enterprise and public sector.

Aviat Networks announced a new survey that revealed that IP/multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) routing is the No. 1 networking technology choice for public safety, state/local government, utility and other non-mobile private operators in North America.

A recent national survey found Americans favor the use of body-worn cameras for police officers, but most respondents believe officers should not have control over when recordings are started and stopped.

The majority of 9-1-1 professionals oppose the terms of a recent deal on wireless 9-1-1 indoor location accuracy struck by cell-phone companies and executives of two public-safety associations, according to a national survey of more than 300 managers and dispatchers of public-safety answering points (PSAPs).