RadioResource Media Group released a new e-book that offers details on the status of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) and how the public-safety broadband network will interwork with Project 25 (P25) and other LMR networks.

The U.K. Home Office selected TST Systems as a framework supplier of fixed vehicle devices (FVD) and accessories to the Emergency Services Network (ESN) with a potential supply of up to 40,000 units worth £90 million (US$118.2 million).

Seoul, South Korea-based communications provider Hanswell will use Softil’s BEEHD technology to build a mission-critical voice and data communications (MCX) system for Korea’s National Police Agency (NPA).

The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) and Bell Textron agreed to add Bell to the CNO FAA Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UASIPP) team and begin testing some of the Bell innovations and systems on CNO-owned property in rural southeastern Oklahoma.

The latest Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings set out a list of approved content for Release 17, including mission-critical features, set to be finalized by September 2021.

Offutt Air Force Base (Offutt) deployed Digital Ally body-worn cameras, in-car digital video systems and automatic activation systems under a previously awarded federal government contract.

The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) through which all wireless emergency alerts (WEA) are authenticated, validated and delivered to participating commercial mobile service providers, will not be ready to support certain improvements to WEA as of Dec. 13 as previously expected.

New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced $45 million was awarded to 57 counties and New York City to enhance emergency communications across the state. The grant program is funded by cellular surcharge revenue and enables local governments to expand emergency response capabilities and enhance overall public-safety operations.

Wireless carriers, public-safety and critical infrastructure industries (CII) associations, and others joined to remind the FCC of the detriments of allowing interference from unlicensed devices in the 6 GHz band.

The FCC started the process of designating 9-8-8 as a new, nationwide, three-digit number for a suicide prevention and mental health crisis hotline. This designation will help ease access to crisis services, reduce the stigma surrounding suicide and mental health conditions, and ultimately save lives, the commission said.