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The UK Home Office has awarded both Specialist Aviation Services and Gama Aviation contracts to complete Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (TPED) testing on several Emergency Services aircraft in-line with its delivery of the new Emergency Services

Having mission critical communications in regions like Toowoomba is essential for the successful operation of businesses as well as for the safety of its people.

SNS Telecom & IT's latest report indicates that annual investments in public safety LTE/5G-ready infrastructure – for dedicated, hybrid commercial-private and secure MVNO networks – will reach $2 Billion by the end of 2020.

POCSTARS recently developed a global PTT cloud service enabling operators/end-users to access the server fast and efficiently. Users are now able to focus on their core business, with minimum investment and less setup time.

The technology used has been validated for ETCS, CBTC and PTC railway signalling applications, and its design has been geared towards meeting the future FRMCS.

In support of America's transforming critical infrastructure, the members of the Utility Broadband Alliance (UBBA) appreciate Chairman Pai and the FCC decision to make spectrum available for utilities to maintain critical infrastructure.

Motorola Solutions announced that it has been awarded a tender for supplying the Israeli government with a new broadband push-to-talk (PTT) communication solution.

In a recent article on their website, Dutch manufacturer Rohill, discusses the need for governments to stay independent on its critical communications infrastructure, especially as we currently experience during the Coronavirus crisis.

The next MCX Plugtests remote event will take place from 21 September to 2 October 2020.

The Department of Justice issues a five year task order to expand ESChat secure broadband Push-to-Talk service within the Drug enforcement Administration.

Erillisverkot, offering secure and reliable ICT services for public authorities and other critical operators of national security in Finland, published a RFI on Virve 2.0 mission critical services in November 2019.

As part of the successful Dutch trade mission to Indonesia, Rohill announced the official signing of a cooperation agreement with Indonesian companies PT Len Industri and local Rohill distributor PT Simoco Indonesia.

The next-generation Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) network initiative - called Virve 2.0 - is based on commercial mobile 3GPP technology with enhancements to meet security, availability and resilience.

The strong internationalisation of the PMRExpo was reflected in 2019 in the new record number of nearly 4,600 visitors from security authorities and organisations (BOS), the industry, public transport, utilities and other sectors.

Public safety agencies across the country are currently using the FirstNet App Catalog as they adjust and modify their response to COVID-19.

Jason Porter, SVP FirstNet Program dat AT&T tells about a few examples where FirstNet successfully supported the fight against the coronavirus in the US.

PCTEL will showcase its test and measurement and antenna solutions for Critical Communications at BAPCO, booth A2 in Coventry in the United Kingdom on March 10-11.

The Nokia Digital Automation Cloud will enable secure wireless communications between miners and surface personnel, including push-to-talk and push-to-video services.

PRESCOM today announced the availability of TACTICOM V2, the new software version of its product portfolio of PMR- MCPTT gateways.

The TB4, a compact new generation base station which supports both Tetra and 4G/5G access, has been introduced to the MENA region.