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Public Safety | Government

Transition from Airwave to ESN Likely Won’t Happen Until 2026, U.K. Official Says

June 18, 2021 | Comments

A U.K. Home Office official said that the next-generation Emergency Services Network will likely not be delivered until 2026 during a hearing before the U.K. Public Accounts Committee. The Home Office had previously said the transition would likely happen in 2025.

Carbyne Raises $20M in Funding

June 18, 2021 | Comments

Carbyne announced an additional $20 million raise that will advance its cloud-native platform's vigorous expansion into the emergency health services market.

PSCE Announces New Board Chair

June 18, 2021 | Comments

Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE) announced Monika Buscher as its new board chair.

June 17, 2021 | Comments

Comtech Solacom Technologies, a division of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, was awarded a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) modernization project for a U.S. government end customer. Of the total $5 million contract value, $3.2 million was awarded to Comtech in its fourth fiscal quarter.

June 17, 2021 | Comments

The city of Philadelphia selected NICE Inform Elite to enhance emergency communications for its new 9-1-1 center slated to open in 2022.

June 17, 2021 | Comments

The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) selected Verizon Public Sector to deliver a next-generation, high-bandwidth, low-latency, layer-two wide-area network in support of critical research.

June 17, 2021 | Comments

Frazer announced it will include three years of HAAS Alert’s Responder-to-Vehicle (R2V) digital alerting service as a standard, zero-cost line item safety solution on all new and remounted EMS vehicles to include mobile stroke units.

June 17, 2021 | Comments

The FCC proposed rules that would prohibit all future authorizations for communications equipment deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security.

June 17, 2021 | Comments

The FCC adopted rules to improve the way the public receives emergency alerts on their mobile phones, televisions and radios.

June 16, 2021 | Comments

The FCC announced the post-rebanding availability of 800 MHz channels across the United States.