TCCA announced the shortlist for its 2022 International Critical Communications Awards (ICCA). The award winners will be presented 21 June in Barcelona.

Not many people think about 911 until they themselves are involved in an emergency. It’s the number everyone knows but hopes they will never have to dial. And then, when they do have to, the expectation is that help will arrive at the incident location precisely and instantaneously.

After several months of rigorous testing, Next Generation Advanced’s (NGA) NEXiSConnect multimedia call-handling system successfully completed the i3 and multi-ESInet conformance testing program in California.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on May 20, for a newly created American National Standard (ANS).

Ways in which the FCC can help improve 911 service will be one of several topics on the agenda for the commission’s June open meeting.

Comtech Telecommunications promoted Timothy Jenkins to president of its safety and security technologies product group, effective June 1.

The city of Berkeley, California, chose Federal Engineering (FE) to analyze the staffing, infrastructure and technology needs of the Berkeley 9-1-1 Communication Center and create a project plan to implement an accredited, prioritized emergency medical dispatch system.

HigherGround announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) issued a new patent, No. 11,206,327, that further strengthens the company’s intellectual property (IP) for its Live911 technology.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of Emergency Medical Services named Brian Tegtmeyer coordinator of the National 911 Program effective May 9.

AT&T launched nationwide location-based routing, which will allow it to automatically transmit wireless 9-1-1 calls to the appropriate 9-1-1 call centers nationwide.