Kirisun Communications seeks to strengthen its presence in the U.S.

A key former Hytera Communications director has entered a guilty plea to criminal charges of conspiring to steal trade secrets from Motorola Solutions that enabled Hytera to accelerate the development of its profitable DMR product line—allegedly at the behest of a top executive at the China-based LMR manufacturer. Gee Siong (G.S.) Kok—Hytera Communications’ former director […]

FCC commissioners unanimously ruled that the agency will not authorize five China-based vendors to market and sell telecommunications and video-surveillance equipment that would be used for public-safety, key security initiatives or other purposes impacting national security. All four FCC commissioners announced support for the report and order—as well as the accompanying further notice of proposed […]

Publication of the final decision outlining Motorola Solutions’ role in the Airwave TETRA system that provides mission-critical communications to public safety agencies in the United Kingdom (UK) is expected to be delayed until February, according to an updated timeline from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). CMA, the competition watchdog agency in the UK, released […]

Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) expect to accept the organization’s long-awaited P25 system in less than a year, according to information provided last week to the LA-RICS Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) board. LA-RICS Executive Director Scott Edson said the P25 system appears to remain on track to be completed by October 2023, although […]