Public Safety

Mexico’s Querétaro state selects Airbus's MXLINK

02 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The State Government of Querétaro has chosen Airbus's MXLINK MVNO to provide secure mobile broadband communications.


ASTRID extends Airbus-Proximus support contract

02 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The Airbus-Proximus consortium will continue to support and maintain Belgium's national emergency TETRA, paging and dispatching networks.


US Department of Justice awards $1.4bn contract to AT&T

01 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The fully managed solution will provide a next-generation communications platform for more than 120,000 employees in more than 2100 locations.


NZ's RSM called in to help locate PLB

01 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

RSM used its Automatic Direction Finder plus manual tracking to locate an unregistered personal locator beacon that couldn't be detected by satellites.


EC launches infringement procedures over 112

01 August, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The European Commission has chastised Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece and Spain for failing to fully implement 112 emergency number directives.


Public safety, security to lead PTT-over-cellular market

31 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The global push-to-talk-over-cellular market will grow at 9.7% CAGR over 2019–29, with collaborations thriving between vendors and service providers.


New Geraldton Greenough SES HQ includes comms centre

29 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The $1.9 million high-tech facility can operate as an incident control centre equipped to manage large-scale emergencies.


DOCOMO PACIFIC, AT&T join to deploy FirstNet in Guam

26 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

DOCOMO PACIFIC has been selected by AT&T to support FirstNet deployment via its LTE network and build additional coverage with FirstNet Band 14 spectrum.


Massachusetts okays Verizon to offer public safety services

25 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

Verizon will offer priority and pre-emption and a virtualised separate 4G LTE core via the state's public safety grade wireless agreement.


Guardia Civil unit to use Motorola Solutions' covert radios

23 July, 2019

A special forces unit of Spain's national Guardia Civil law enforcement agency is deploying covert P25 handhelds, mobiles and repeaters.


EENA releases public safety directory

19 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The European Emergency Number Association has released its latest Who is Who Handbook, listing more than 85 entities involved in the European public safety sector.


Sheriffs use Samsung smartphones for comms, cameras

18 July, 2019

For Kit Carson County Sheriff's Office deputies, the Samsung Galaxy S9 serves as a communications device, a body-worn camera and an evidence-collecting tool.


Official report slams the UK’s ESN project

18 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The Home Office is "not on top of" the UK's long-awaited Emergency Services Network, according to a Committee of Public Accounts investigation.


Hytera to extend TETRA network of Peru's national police

18 July, 2019

Hytera Group Peru has won a contract to maintain and improve the Peruvian National Police's TETRA network for the next three years.


Canberra hails 700-plus black spot base stations

17 July, 2019 by Jonathan Nally

The $380 million regional Mobile Black Spot Program has passed a significant milestone, with more than 700 new or improved base stations now operational.


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