Apple announced iOS 12, set for public release later this year, will allow U.S. iPhone users who call 9-1-1 to automatically and securely share their location data with public-safety answering points (PSAPs).

Telit announced two of its modules are available for public safety to bring internet of things (IoT) applications to market.

The FCC will hold a webinar on wireless emergency alerts and the emergency alert system Thursday at 2 p.m. EST.

Grant County, Wisconsin, awarded Federal Engineering a contract to evaluate the county’s existing conventional simulcast VHF system and make recommendations for modification, expansion and possibly replacement of the radio infrastructure.

Carbyne announced a partnership with Winbourne Consulting. As part of the partnership, Winbourne will use Carbyne's technology and help ensure seamless integration and operation of solutions into existing public-safety and emergency response infrastructure.

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) updated its report, “Best Practices for Public Safety Interoperable Communications.”

Mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) provider Nemergent Solutions joined TCCA. As well as developing MCPTT software products based on open standards, the Nemergent team works alongside integrators and service providers to provide consolidated MCPTT solutions tailored to individual customer needs.

The state of Virginia 9-1-1 Services Board approved the AT&T Emergency Services IP network (ESInet) as the recommended platform to provide next-generation 9-1-1 (NG 9-1-1) communications statewide.

A National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) report describes emission spectrum and time domain measurements of a contraband wireless device microjammer operated temporarily in four commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) bands at a federal correctional institution (FCI) in Cumberland, Maryland. The four jammed CMRS bands were between 730 MHz and 2.155 GHz.

The stand-alone (SA) Release 15 5G specifications were completed at the most recent Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) meetings in La Jolla, California, USA. The stand-alone standards follow the release of the 5G new radio (NR) specifications for non-stand-alone (NSA) operation in December 2017.