A 9-1-1 location service is now available in 11 states, and a nationwide carrier plans to begin offering the service, delivering emergency location and expediting incident resolution for millions of 9-1-1 calls.

Polte, which offers internet of things (IoT) location technology, raised $12.5 million in strategic funding from private investors. The Series A-2 funding will enable the company to focus on deployments of commercial and industrial applications of Polte’s patented “alternative to GPS,” the company said.

Barrett Communications supplied a contract to the Urgent Medical Attention Service in Chile to strengthen and secure communications between hospitals and ambulances in the Aysen region.

Verizon now offers the Sonim Technologies XP3 rugged flip phone preloaded with Verizon’s Push-to-Talk (PTT+) application on its network.

Nina Myren is the deputy head of department/specialist adviser strategy at the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB). She has been involved in the development and introduction of the countrywide critical communications network in Norway, called Nødnett. Today, she works to further develop Nødnett and ensure emergency preparedness through secure and robust public-safety communications and forward-looking technological solutions. Myren was elected to represent DSB on TCCA’s board in June.

The city of Boulder, Colorado, awarded ESChat a contract to provide broadband push-to-talk (PTT) service, including Project 25 (P25) Inter RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI) interoperability with the city’s P25 network. The order includes ESChat servers that will be hosted at the city’s facilities and collocated with the P25 public-safety system.

U.S. Cellular announced all customers in California whose U.S. Cellular wireless service is disrupted or degraded, within an area that is declared to be a state of emergency by the governor or president, will be covered by several protections.

Motorola Solutions is launching WAVE PTX Government in Australia, a push-to-talk (PTT) service that includes Critical Connect, a feature that connects multiple public-safety agencies to secure, real-time voice and data communications.

The FCC modified the temporary freeze on the acceptance of certain applications related to LMR services operating in the 896 – 901/935 – 940 MHz band following a request from pdvWireless, doing business as Anterix. The commission said the freeze will provide greater flexibility for 900 MHz band incumbents to relocate out of the broadband segment that the commission has proposed in a pending rulemaking proceeding.

AT&T plans to sell its wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) to Liberty Latin America, while retaining its First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) responsibilities.