Augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) are finding holds in the commercial market as consumers adopt the technology for gaming, learning and other users. While not as established as it is in the commercial market, AR is also beginning to creep into the public-safety market.

Finnish telecommunications operator Elisa teamed with Ericsson to pilot a private cellular network for the operator and its customers.

The Indiana Statewide 9-1-1 Board has selected AT&T to help modernize legacy 9-1-1 systems across the state. Through the collaboration, AT&T will replace outdated 9-1-1 infrastructure with AT&T emergency services IP network (ESInet) covering more than 60% of Indiana’s 6.6 million citizens.

Since its establishment in 2018, PrioCom has taken major steps as a secure mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) in mission-critical communications using 4G in the Netherlands. A new bilingual website emphasizes the organization’s position and offers its resellers support through a personal online portal.

Cradlepoint said it achieved 200% year over year customer growth in the public-safety market for its NetCloud service and Long Term Evolution (LTE) edge routers. Cradlepoint has surpassed 3,000 federal, state and local public-safety customers worldwide.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) is deploying two new cell sites in Warren County, North Carolina, as part of its network expansion in the state. The sites — located in Warrenton and near Lake Gaston — are increasing coverage, capacity and capability to first responders across the state.

Siemens Mobility and Softil announced an agreement to bring a range of next-generation communications solutions to market for use in Long Term Evolution-Railway (LTE-R) railways as well as mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) metro applications such as underground, trams and buses.

Mark43 a cloud-based public safety software provider, partnered with Forensic Logic, a provider of search technology and cloud-based information capabilities to law enforcement. The partnership will waive any integration or setup fees for the companies’ mutual customers to allow agencies to feed standard data from Mark43’s CAD and records management system (RMS) into Forensic Logic’s COPLINK X, a national search engine and analysis platform.

The European Emergency Number Association (EENA) released a report card on the deployment of advanced mobile location (AML) technology, used to locate emergency callers.

A Public Safety Technology Alliance (PSTA) subcommittee identified the Project 25 (P25) Digital Fixed Station Interface (DFSI) as the best integration protocol standard for LMR and Long Term Evolution (LTE) interoperability. The subcommittee said an enhanced radio over IP (RoIP) protocol could also be developed to address DFSI’s shortcomings.