The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) selected four contractors to help the office in upgrading California’s outdated 9-1-1 system to a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) platform. The effort to modernize the 9-1-1 system across the state will introduce proven state-of-the-art technology to ensure California is better prepared to assist those in need during emergencies and natural disasters.

Multiple systems will work together to provide seamless communications from the professionals reporting incidents to those dispatched to respond to the incidents. This network of integrated networks is all IP based, so voice, data and video flows freely from one pipe to another, and capacity and voice follow the optimal path to reach first responders.

A new FCC report details the cause and impact of a nationwide CenturyLink network outage that occurred last December, along with recommendations to help prevent similar outages from occurring in the future.

Support for a pair of 9-1-1-related bills is growing in Congress, an Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International official said during APCO’s annual conference in Baltimore last week.

For the eighth year in a row, the Motorola Solutions Foundation reaffirmed its commitment to Latin American children and communities through its “Connected by Safety” program.

IXP, national public-safety managed services company, was awarded a second five-year extension to its contract with the Chattahoochee River 9-1-1 Authority (ChatComm) in Sandy Springs, Georgia.

GeoComm announced its public-safety mapping software solutions are being used in Baltimore County, Maryland’s 9-1-1 Center.

The U.S. departments of Commerce and Transportation announced more than $109 million in grants to 34 states and two tribal nations as part of the 9-1-1 Grant Program, which aims to help 9-1-1 call centers upgrade to next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) capabilities.

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 Through the collaboration, AT&T will replace outdated 9-1-1 infrastructure with AT&T emergency services IP network (ESInet) covering more than 60% of Indiana’s 6.6 million citizens.

The Kansas 9-1-1 Coordinating Council is working with AT&T to deploy a cloud-based mapping and situational awareness solution powered by RapidDeploy.