PowerTrunk, part of the Sepura Group, announced that Agnico Eagle Mines significantly expanded its TETRA radio communications network, including the addition of specialized data applications, at its Meliadine gold project near Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, Canada.

Nokia provided Indian power utility Tata Power Delhi Distribution (Tata Power-DDL) with an IP/multiprotocol label switching (IP/MPLS) network to support the management of its electrical grid in its area of operation in north and northwest Delhi. The deployment enables the utility to support both mission-critical operational services, as well as traditional business and IT services on a single communications network.

A text to 9-1-1 capability went live for Gulf, Franklin and Calhoun counties served by the Tri-County Regional 9-1-1 system in Florida beginning in May 2016, with the last carrier live on the system July 29. This service provides an alternative method of communicating with emergency service providers for those who cannot safely call 9-1-1, who have a speech disability or who are deaf.

Telstra, Ericsson and Motorola Solutions delivered what they called the world’s first Long Term Evolution (LTE) broadcast-enabled push to talk (PTT) on Telstra’s live LTE network. The network used technology based on the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 13 mission-critical PTT (MCPTT) standard.

Comba Telecom Systems and Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) jointly held a live demonstration of a V2X system prototype and Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) platform at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

Raleigh-Wake County, North Carolina, plans to roll out an AT&T emergency services IP network (ESInet) to better support the safety and security of its people and communities. The technology provides IP-based call-routing services to 9-1-1 agencies and aims to improve 9-1-1 reliability, enhance emergency responsiveness and improve disaster recovery.

Jacobs Project Management will continue its multiyear contract with Federal Engineering to provide implementation support for the Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) project.

Two European Union (EU) peacekeeping organizations deployed a fleet management solution from Globalstar Europe Satellite Services, a subsidiary of Globalstar. Both organizations have responsibility for maintaining law and order, as well as carrying out judiciary, policing duties and border patrol in their regions.

Public-safety communications planning for Super Bowl LI began a year before the National Football League’s (NFL) 2017 championship game and went almost as smoothly as the New England Patriots’ second-half comeback, according to city of Houston and Harris County officials.

Fourteen entities filed comments regarding a request by the National Association of State 911 Administrators (NASNA) to initiate an FCC proceeding to address issues related to how smartphone 9-1-1 applications interface with 9-1-1 systems.