Specialized by STC, a telecommunications operator in Saudi Arabia, selected Motorola Solutions to deliver a next-generation mission-critical push-to-talk (PTT) solution to provide its customers with instant communication and collaboration capabilities to increase efficiency, productivity and customer satisfaction.

Vendors from around the world introduced new products during this year’s Critical Communications World (CCW) event in Madrid, Spain.

FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington said that he supports an exclusive use licensing model for commercial use of the 4.9 GHz band. Simington made the comments during a keynote speech at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International.

The IC-SAT100/M satellite push-to-talk (PTT) radio manufactured by Icom shipped a total of over 10,000 units, as of July. It has taken just two years since its global release in July 2019 to achieve this milestone.

A new version of a massive reconciliation bill introduced by Democrats Oct. 28 drastically cuts the amount of funding appropriated for next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) grants that was included in the first version of the bill.

The Safer Buildings Coalition’s (SBC) two main initiatives right now are aimed at raising the competency of installed in-building systems and eliminating harmful interference from those systems.

Dawson County, Georgia, selected Federal Engineering (FE) as the county’s consultant to assist with an upcoming public-safety radio system upgrade.

Motorola Solutions will modernize and expand the coverage of the existing nationwide TETRA network in Romania to provide the country's public-safety organizations with highly resilient and secure mission-critical communications.

During the month of June, PowerTrunk provided software upgrades to the TETRA networks for the Meliadine and Meadowbank gold mines operated by Agnico Eagle Mining in Canada.

Thales radios were used during a NATO interoperability exercise.