Survey respondents say first responders use of technologies like AI and drones continues to increase, but reliable, robust connectivity remains crucial.

Donny Jackson is director of content for Urgent Communications. Before joining UC in 2003, he covered telecommunications for four years as a freelance writer and as news editor for Telephony magazine.

Litigation and implementation challenges could hamper California’s efforts to transition Los Angeles-area 911 centers to ...

Modern automatic license-plate-reader (ALPR) solutions are gathering more than license-plate numbers and have become AI-powered tools of surveillance that may compromise individuals’ privacy and ...

Ben Sanders (left) and Jess Ernst of Motorola Solutions demonstrate how the company’s Interpreter AI agent can provide real-time translation of a foreign language during a 911 call, potentially ...

Public-safety drones are evolving from individually deployed aviation assets into integrated components of the emergency-response system. The most significant change is occurring through their ...

New satellite direct-to-device company Elveo—formed after the recent merger of Lynk Global and Omnispace—is positioned to use technological architecture and spectral assets to provide connectivity in ...

Mission-critical-communications (MCX) provider Softil and Flight Tactics recently announced the integration of Softil’s solution and the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) offering from Flight Tactics that ...

FirstNet Authority board members unanimously approved a $1.2 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, including almost $1.1 billion earmarked for investments to enhance the coverage and ...

Matt Busa, manager of Motorola Solutions’ ecosystem demonstrations team, talks about the recent certification designating that the APX NEXT XN device meets the stringent firefighter requirements ...

Funding for nationwide next-generation 911 (NG911) deployment remains a primary federal priority for four key associations, but their leaders acknowledged that getting Congress to pass legislation by ...