The Munich Security Conference (MSC) selected TETRA communications from Airbus to support various high-level policy events around the globe within the next three years. The encrypted solution from Airbus will be applied for manifold activities in different regions worldwide.

The Nevada Shared Radio System (NSRS) awarded Harris a $108 million contract to provide a critical communications network that increases coverage, reliability, interoperability and functionality for more than 16,000 users across 90 agencies.

The U.K. Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) released a contract notice for aircraft communications system (ACS) devices for the Emergency Services Network (ESN).

AT&T Chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson said the company has completed one-third of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) buildout, and the carrier is six months ahead of schedule of the buildout requirements in the FirstNet contract.

Another Colorado jurisdiction filed a petition asking the FCC to address Long Term Evolution (LTE) interoperability among commercial carriers.

The first remote mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) Plugtests event begins Dec. 3 and runs through end-January.

Sepura has delivered more than 400,000 TETRA radios to users of Germany’s public-safety TETRA network, BDBOS, in 11 German states.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is seeking comments on candidate American National Standard (ANS) 2.106.1-201x, which addresses site-hardening requirements for public-safety grade sites.

The Tasmanian Government Radio Network (TasGRN) announced a request for tender to transition eight core user organizations, currently using five disparate radio communications networks, onto one unified, digital and interoperable radio network.

Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) Telco Authority began enhancements to existing radio infrastructure and expansions to its government radio network in numerous areas.