Verizon launched its Hyper Precise Location using Real Time Kinematics (RTK), a location technology that provides location accuracy within 1-2 centimeters, on the Verizon network.

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS), a global designer and manufacturer of total-package solutions for wireless and broadcast infrastructure, announced that major project wins in the first half of 2020 have brought its metro footprint to 41% worldwide.

Digital health company LiveFreely announced a partnership with RapidSOS to send life-saving data directly from its software app, called BUDDY, to 9-1-1 centers nationwide. Built in partnership with public safety, RapidSOS's emergency response data platform securely and automatically links life-saving data from connected devices and apps directly to more than 4,700 emergency communications centers nationwide.

The Brazos Valley Council of Governments and its member jurisdiction, Washington County, Texas, deployed Motorola Solutions’ CommandCentral 9-1-1 Smart Transcription and CommandCentral 9-1-1 Citizen Input cloud-based solutions.

The Michigan Public Safety Communication System (MPSCS) connected its Astro 25 with the Indiana Integrated Public-Safety Commission’s (IPSC) statewide Astro 25 network, allowing interoperable LMR-to-LMR, LMR-to-LTE and LTE-to-LTE communications.

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a flexible, portable measurement system to support design and repeatable laboratory testing of 5G wireless communications devices with unprecedented accuracy across a wide range of signal frequencies and scenarios.

A group of public-safety professionals including two former First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) board members has asked the FCC to give the 4.9 GHz spectrum band to FirstNet.

With the Kuwaiti government fast transitioning from narrowband to broadband networks, Airbus has shown strong support for the move through increased deployment of its secure communications and collaboration solutions, specifically the Tactilon Agnet 900 and Tactilon Dabat in the country.

The National 911 program offered an update on the progress of the 2019 NG911 Roadmap. The road map outlines a blueprint to develop a nationwide system of next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) systems across the country.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the Department of Transportation (DoT), has selected the Critical Infrastructure Resilience Institute (CIRI), a DHS Center of Excellence led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), to develop a framework and process for testing the interoperability and compatibility of next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) systems.