The Swedish government 25 June issued two assignments to the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), which will be the starting point for the work to develop a robust and effective broadband communications system for public-safety users.

Ericsson joined UNIFE, an industry association that represents European train builders and rail equipment suppliers. By joining UNIFE, Ericsson said it strengthens its commitment to developing critical network capabilities for the rail industry.

The Australian Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements is seeking comments into the issues that affect firefighters and other emergency service providers, including communications.

GRID Communications launched GRIDTalk, a new push-to-talk (PTT) service plan that provides high-priority dedicated service on Singapore's largest telco network.

The FCC plans to address the issue of 9-1-1 indoor location accuracy requirements at its July open meeting.

Allerio announced that it passed all FCC and carrier certification requirements for its Allerio Mobile Hub platform to operate on three U.S. nationwide networks simultaneously. Allerio is a portable connectivity platform that optimizes cellular connectivity, enabling first responders in the field to reliably record, share, and transmit critical patient and other broadband data for telemedicine at the point of care and in transit.

Swedish telecom operator Telia signed a contract with Motorola Solutions to provide its customers with a next-generation, Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standard-compliant and future-ready, mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) solution.

The FCC is seeking comment on a June 15 T-Mobile USA outage that prevented customers from making calls, receiving calls and in some cases, sending text messages over T-Mobile’s voice-over LTE (VoLTE) network. According to social media reports, the outage also affected 9-1-1 calling for T-Mobile customers.

Several 6 GHz microwave equipment vendors that supply mission-critical backhaul networks said interference in the band is inevitable under new FCC rules that allow unlicensed devices into the spectrum for the first time and offered some suggestions to incumbent licensees.

Indoor public-safety equipment provider Fiplex Communications published a call to action to inspire a renewed industrywide commitment for achieving emergency first responder communications. The call to action urges the public-safety ecosystem to expand and accelerate the deployment of in-building public-safety communications networks by focusing innovation and technology that overcomes the underlying challenges of all stakeholders.