Axis Communications announced its collaboration with The New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to provide law enforcement and first responders with immediate situational awareness by live streaming video data into the New Orleans Real Time Crime Center.

Catalyst Communications Technologies was awarded a $150,000 contract by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) for interworking to enable mission-critical communications between first responders using LMR systems and devices over Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks with push-to-talk (PTT) applications.

Wireless carriers consistently claim that testing proves the best network, often referring to crowdsourced solutions as proof that one network is better than the competition. Unfortunately, carriers do not share any of that evidence, and the crowdsourced results depend on who downloads each vendor’s app and where those subscribers use the network. In other words, it’s hard to thoroughly analyze carrier claims and determine which network is truly best.

SYSCOM, a Mexico-based distributor of telecommunications and security solutions, released NXRadio, a broadband push-to-talk (PTT) solution targeting commercial industries in the Americas.

Mobile2b became a new Hytera Mobilfunk application partner. Hytera's multimode radios and the myBusiness.AI digitalization platform from Mobile2b will be integrated to simplify and streamline work processes within companies.

Israeli service provider Partner Communications selected push to talk (PTT) service using ESChat’s PTT technology. Ewave Mobile, ESChat’s distribution partner in Israel, is providing local customer support.

The Police Foundation launched the Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Public Safety to help law enforcement agencies considering adoption of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS).

AT&T announced that it worked with NPPGov, a government contracting vehicle, to simplify and broaden the contract process for public-safety entities. All FirstNet-eligible users can gain quick access to FirstNet through NPPGov.

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) is seeking comment on a request from LoJack to have the bureau modify 53 licenses, which comprise its stolen vehicle recovery system (SVRS), to comply with the FCC’s narrowbanding requirements.

Sequans Communications and Japan Radio Company (JRC) developed a high-powered prototype customer premise equipment (CPE) based on Sequans Long Term Evolution (LTE) Cat 6 chip technology that is being prepared for public safety. The CPE was developed to operate on the 200 MHz frequency band — the band designated for public safety services in Japan — and includes a high-powered radio front end to ensure high-quality communications performance.