L3Harris Technologies partnered with PoliceGrantsHelp.com and FireGrantsHelp.com to provide grant support to public-safety agencies seeking funding to purchase new radio solutions.

Cape May County, New Jersey, hired V-COMM to continue the expansion of its 700 MHz Project 25 (P25) system in conjunction with New Jersey’s Public Safety Interoperable Communications (PISC) network.

Erillisverkot announced that it will present the first findings from its request for information (RFI) on devices for the Virve 2.0 network during the Critical Communications Week 2020 (CCWeek2020) virtual event.

About a decade ago, the commercial wireless sector launched networks based 4G LTE. The public-safety community, via the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), made a similar decision to deploy 4G LTE for its nationwide public safety broadband network (NPSBN), which is being implemented in concert with AT&T. From the beginning, it was assumed that the NPSBN would leverage, on some level, commercial infrastructure.

The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) awarded a contract for statewide telecommunications outage reporting.

Liberty Latin America entered into a consent judgment with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that will allow it to complete its previously announced acquisition of AT&T’s wireless and wireline operations in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) released an update to its road map.

The state of Arkansas selected Federal Engineering to develop a plan that addresses the potential consolidation of public-safety answering points (PSAPs) and makes recommendations to the Arkansas 911 Board to fund up to 77 PSAPs.

NICE announced that the Cook County Sheriff’s Police 911 Center, a consolidated 911 center serving Cook County, Illinois, will be deploying the NICE Inform Intelligence Center and other advanced NICE Inform capabilities to digitally transform processes around tracking performance metrics and performing quality assurance reviews.

Enghouse Systems announced it signed a contract with the Norwegian government to deliver technical solutions for the nation's emergency medical communication centers.