Sierra Wireless announced that its AirLink XR series cellular routers are now certified and approved for use on the U.K.’s Emergency Services Network (ESN).

Registration has opened for Critical Communications World 2022, taking place at the Messe in Vienna, from 21-23 June this year.

The FCC proposed strengthening the effectiveness of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), including through public reporting on the reliability, speed and accuracy of these messages.

The FCC voted to open a proceeding to explore options for promoting improvements in RF receiver performance, including through use of incentives, industry-led voluntary approaches, commission policy and guidance, or regulatory requirements.

Few people not directly involved in the technical complexities understand quite how much work goes on behind the scenes to ensure the seamless operation of mission-critical networks. While today’s narrowband networks running on TETRA, P25 and others are well-established self-contained entities, the emerging critical broadband services over 4G LTE and 5G networks create massive complexity in terms of interconnection, security and a host of other areas.

Kyocera entered into an agreement with Microsoft to integrate the Walkie Talkie application in Microsoft Teams on ultra-rugged 5G Android smartphones.

Public-safety agencies can now benefit from the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) to help save more lives. The iOS iTAK app is now available in the Apple App Store.

Motorola Solutions acquired Calipsa, a provider of cloud-native advanced video analytics based in London. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The final phase of the BroadWay pre-commercial procurement (PCP) reached an important technical milestone that demonstrated the challenges defined by practitioners are technically feasible.

The FCC announced that it is removing 19 licenses from the upcoming 2.5 GHz auction.