Global RadioData Communications (GRC), a U.K. supplier of mission-critical communications products and solutions, signed a multiyear reseller agreement with GateHouse Telecom for its flagship testing product, the Global Xpress Link Emulator (GLE).

AT&T and the city of Los Angeles are in talks regarding a smart city public-private partnership using internet of things (IoT) technology and deployment of small cell technology, with public safety as a main driver.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) announced final allocations of $345 million for six fiscal year (FY) 2018 DHS competitive preparedness grant programs. These allocations, together with the more than $1.3 billion in noncompetitive grant funding announced by DHS in June, total more than $1.6 billion in FY 2018 granted to assist states, local areas, tribal and territorial governments, nonprofit agencies, and the private sector with preparedness efforts.

Security will take center stage at this year’s PMRExpo 27 – 28 November in Cologne, Germany.

CTIA announced the creation of the CTIA Cybersecurity Certification Program for cellular-connected internet of things (IoT) devices. The program was developed in collaboration with the U.S. nationwide wireless providers.

The IJIS Institute in partnership with 5th Column released Cyber Standards Check, a simple, secure and affordable application security standard testing tool to help protect applications and data.

Murus Cybersecurity, a communications security consulting firm, and Zetron announced an award from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for new research to be conducted on Project 25 (P25) and Long Term Evolution (LTE) mission-critical push-to-talk (PTT) interface service.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is transitioning new and enhanced mobile phishing and content protection capabilities to the government and private-sector. A recently released update of the San Francisco-based Lookout Mobile Endpoint Security platform offers enhanced endpoint and new mobile phishing protections.

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) Next-Generation 9-1-1 Industry Collaboration Event (ICE) series invited participants for the upcoming ninth event. The series provides the opportunity for 9-1-1 equipment and service providers to come together to test products and services in an open, supportive and collaborative environment.

The Wi-Fi Alliance introduced Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WPA3, the next generation of Wi-Fi security, bringing new capabilities to enhance Wi-Fi protections in personal and enterprise networks.