Vendors introduced and demonstrated a variety of new solutions and services at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) in Las Vegas from March 21-24.

Softil announced a licensing agreement with New Zealand-based Tait Communications that will allow its TAIT AXIOM portfolio of broadband solutions to interoperate with all major systems around the world using Softil’s BEEHD mission-critical services (MCX) client framework.

An Austin, Texas, healthcare provider is using Pryme Radio Product’s push-to-talk (PTT) button and Zello’s messaging service to improve operations.

Softil and Zetron announced that Softil’s BEEHD mission-critical services (MCX)-enabling technology will be used by Zetron to expand the LTE Push-To-Talk (PTT) integration capabilities of its dispatch solutions.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program released 11 topics for the new Small Business innovation Research (SBIR) 22.1 Pre-solicitation.

Funded by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Mission Critical Services - Testing as a Service (MCS-TaaSting) project announced that 60% of mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) conformance test cases have been formally verified.

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.

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.

Hytera announced that the number of subscribers of its push-to-talk (PTT) over Cellular (PoC) solutions in Turkey has reached 10,000 since its launch in the second quarter of 2019.

This spring, the Department of Homeland Security and Technology (S&T) collaborated with local and federal partners to field test FirstNet’s Push-to-Talk (FNPTT) application, which is a standards-based, mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) app.