North Texas citizens dialing 9-1-1 may soon begin receiving text messages from the 9-1-1 telecommunicator with a link to pinpoint their location. This feature is one of the tools included with a new dispatch map that has been implemented throughout the North Central Texas Emergency Communications District's 13-county region.

EDF, Thales and Ericsson partnered on CONNECT, a project to bring secure cellular connectivity to all of EDF’s nuclear energy sites in France.

The FCC asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to deny a variety of public-safety and industry organizations’ petition for reconsideration of its decision to allow unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band. The groups meanwhile asked the FCC to vacate the order allowing unlicensed use and remand it back to the commission for improvement.

Airborne International Response Team (AIRT), a 501(c)3 organization supporting drones for good for emergencies and disaster response, was awarded a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to support drone operations within federal, state and local public-safety agencies and emergency services organizations.

The FCC announced its intent to re-establish the Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) on or before June 30.

The Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) will cease operation. PSTA Board Member Jeff Johnson confirmed that the organization plans to shut down soon.

The New South Wales government in Australia selected TPG Telecom to deliver a multi-operator public safety mobile broadband (PSMB) network proof of concept (PoC) trial in partnership with Nokia.

Sonim Technologies entered into an agreement with SYNNEX to distribute Sonim's RS60 and RS80 rugged SmartScanners and XP8 ultra-rugged smartphone across North America.

Dejero formed a partnership with IP Access International to provide a hybrid cellular/satellite network of networks that first responders can rely on for real-time, uninterrupted connectivity in the most challenging of situations and locations.

The Baltimore Police Department has connected more than 3,000 officers, first responders and other key personnel to FirstNet.