EFJ to unveil first multiband radio

Emergency-services agencies in the United Kingdom (UK) are expected to stop using the Airwave TETRA LMR system in 2024 or 2025, when the transition to an LTE push-to-talk solution on the much-delayed Emergency Services Network (ESN) is scheduled for completion, officials for the UK Home Office said last week. Home Office Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft, […]

A U.S. bankruptcy court in California has halted the Chapter 11 sale of Hytera’s U.S. divisions, allowing a federal court in Illinois to resume consideration of Motorola Solutions’ requests for injunctive relief that could block many Hytera DMR products from being offered in the marketplace, according to legal documents and sources. As a result of […]

Public safety will replace land mobile radio (LMR) with LTE for its primary mission-critical voice communications when first responders trust the technology—a process that is beginning to happen now, according to Jeff Johnson, CEO of the Western Fire Chiefs Association and former vice chair of the FirstNet Authority. “As we think about our future, people […]

A United States Trustee yesterday recommended that a federal bankruptcy court in California dismiss the Chapter 11 filing by U.S. divisions of Hytera, which would block the proposed “compromised” sale of the business units to a new subsidiary of Hytera for $9.5 million later this week. Peter Anderson, the U.S. Trustee for Region 16, submitted […]