Icom America introduces new repeater

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 […]

Motorola Solutions yesterday announced the acquisition of Futurecom Systems Group, a Canada-based firm that designs and manufactures in-vehicle, fixed and portable radio-frequency (RF) repeaters and extenders exclusively for Motorola Solutions’ ASTRO P25 systems, according to a Motorola Solutions official. Chris Lonnett, vice president of Central Region sales for Motorola Solutions’ North American government unit, said […]

Motorola Solutions could see its projected annual profits shrink by as much as $178 million for providing United Kingdom (UK)  public-safety personnel with mission-critical communications via the company’s nationwide Airwave TETRA network, according to a new proposal from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). CMA today released its proposal for price control on Airwave services […]

LMR licensing activity continued to increase slightly in both the public-safety and business/industrial arenas during the third quarter, setting the stage for 2022 to be the first year in which both sectors register LMR licensing increases in a decade—albeit at much lower levels than 10 years ago. Figures in the FCC Universal Licensing System (ULS) […]