16 June at 14:30 CEST: End-to-end testing for emergency communications in 4G and 5G  As emergency communications increasingly rely on 4G and 5G networks, ensuring the reliability of emergency calls ac...

# O2 Sets New Date for 2G Network Shutdown Affecting Millions of Users. ## O2 has announced a crucial update on the future of its mobile network, which will affect many users across the UK.

The big telecommunication companies have completed the shutdown of the 3G mobile phone network, though some devices were still connected.

A cross-party group of Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have called for new EU rules on civil protection to recognise the role of volunteers in disaster response, and to address challenges fa...

French phone operator Orange will deactivate the 2G network in some parts of the country starting in April.

The European Emergency Number Association is calling for a suspension of the shutdown of 2G and 3G networks in Europe to avoid fatal consequences.

#EENA 2026 15-17 April, Riga, Latvia Get inspired by #EENA2026 From April 15 to 17, 2026, professionals from across the public safety field gathered at the EENA Conference & Exhibition in Riga for thr...

Exclusive: Despite being signed up to a new alert system, the South Australian emergency service was not notified during September’s triple zero outage * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast South Australia’s ambulance service was signed up to a new system that is supposed to send notifications when Optus has a triple zero outage, but says it was not notified during the outage last month. September’s triple zero outage was caused by a network firewall upgrade which blocked emergency calls for Optus customers in South Australia, Western Australia, the Northern Territory and parts of New South Wales. Continue reading...

The Cell Broadcast System will enable authorities to quickly alert members of the public and relay emergency messages to their phones, says Minister for Law and Second Minister for Home Affairs Edwin Tong.

On 28 June 2025, the European Accessibility Act began applying across the EU and EEA. This Directive, which creates harmonised rules for accessible services and products, was the first EU law to ident...

The European Commission will publish its long-anticipated Digital Networks Act (DNA) on 16 December 2025, according to Politico. However, the DNA, recently described by European Commission Executive V...

This blogpost recalls the history of eCall, the life-saving technology which automatically alerts emergency services in the event of a crash, or manually by request of the vehicle’s occupants, in orde...

The X_HeERO project has officially launched! This EU-funded project aims to prepare Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) across the EU for the implementation of Next Generation (NG) eCall, based on ...