Several public-safety professionals and jurisdictions, along with commercial carriers, said the FCC should require interoperability between the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and other Long Term Evolution (LTE) carriers and LMR networks, while FirstNet and its contractor AT&T said third-party interoperability is not outlined in the legislation that created FirstNet.

Connectivity Wireless today announced a pioneering deployment of OnGo Long Term Evolution (LTE) connectivity based on the 3.5 GHz Citizen Broadband Radio Services (CBRS) in Times Square in New York City.

Airbus announced the top three winners of its Critical App Challenge, held last month in Stockholm, for the company’s device.

Korea Safe-Net Forum will host its fifth annual conference with a focus on public-safety technologies and applications 23 October in Seoul, South Korea. Hundreds of government administrators, network operators, public-safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) users, engineers, vendors and technology officials will participate in the event.

A new report from IHS Markit Technology said there is steady growth across sectors for TETRA terminals. The increase in demand is led by the industrial user vertical, where 8% increase in compound annual growth rate (CAGR) is predicted to 2023. Other markets with more than 5% anticipated growth include transport and utilities, while the public-safety market is predicted to grow its TETRA installed base by more than 4% in the 12 months to December 2020.

TomTom and Verizon announced a 5G innovation project focused on making intersections safer for emergency vehicles.

Apple executives outlined two new 9-1-1-related features introduced in iOS 13 in an FCC filing. The features include location-based routing (LBR) of 9-1-1 calls and text to 9-1-1.

York Regional Police (YRP) in Canada purchased 270 Axon Fleet in-car video systems and 1,800 licenses to its digital evidence management solution. This order was received in the third quarter and will begin shipping in phased deployments in the fourth quarter.

Polar Power received a $1.3 million purchase order for backup generators from a rural telecom provider engaged in building high-speed rural wireless broadband networks in 14 states to enhance public safety. Telecom companies and the federal government are jointly building the rural networks throughout the nation to provide enhanced high-speed communications across the United States.

Ericsson completed the acquisition of the antenna and filter division of Kathrein. Ericsson announced the purchase in February.