A new association has formed to advocate for the wireless technology and communications needs of government agencies not in the business of ensuring public safety.

The Government Wireless Technology and Communications Association will be the "voice and focus on solutions" for government entities like public transit and school districts that rely on wireless technology. The group will not focus on public safety agencies such as first responders or law enforcement, which it believes are already well represented.

"We have created a nonprofit trade association designed to represent the interests of the public-service community—i.e., folks that are government or semi-government workers but are not public safety—because we feel like this has been a neglected segment of the wireless industry," GWTCA's corporate counsel Allan Tilles told industry publication IWCE's Urgent Communications. http://bit.ly/2ceCNaT

GWTCA has formed a nine-member board of directors—including Tilles—but not announced any staff. The association plans to represent both government agencies and companies and professionals that provide communications services to those agencies, according to its website. www.gwtca.org

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