West announced results of a wireless 9-1-1 location trial using its Wireless Dispatchable Location Services (WDLS) and Google’s Android Emergency Location Services (ELS) technologies.

The National 911 Program and the National Conference of Sate Legislators (NCSL) released an online summary of 9-1-1-related legislation that states enacted in 2017.

Numerous manufacturers used the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) in Orlando, Florida, this week to introduce new products to the market.

The FCC will finally address the 4.9 GHz band at is March 22 open meeting. Beginning in 2012, the commission asked for comments on the public-safety band to encourage greater use.

Manatee County, Florida, selected Airbus DS Communications' next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) as-a-service offering to better serve citizens with improved public-safety communications.

In speaking with state and local 9-1-1 agencies, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) identified funding, evolving technology and operations, and governance as major challenges for implementing next generation 9-1-1.

The Sumner County (Tennessee) Emergency Communications Center (SCECC) consolidated all of the public-safety dispatch centers in Sumner County into a single facility in Gallatin. Nashville-based Communications Group (CommTech) handled the design and integration of the radio hardware and software.

Commissioner Michael O’Rielly sent letters to the seven governors of states and territories that failed to report information to the FCC regarding its 9-1-1 fee diversion practices. The letters were sent to New York, Oklahoma, Missouri, Montana, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico.

In a data-centric world, interoperability takes on a whole new meaning. In public-safety references, it is the ability to share information from any source with any first responder across any network. This is the goal, and while attainable, it will take a lot of work.

Comtech Telecommunications received a strategic multiyear contract valued at about $134 million from one of the largest wireless carriers in the United States to provide FCC-mandated enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) services.