Bird Technologies enhances in-building portfolio

Business-industrial land-mobile-radio (LMR) licensing activity is tracking to reach its highest level in five years, while licensing for public-safety LMR appears to be at a level similar to recent years, according to figures from the FCC’s online Universal Licensing System (ULS) database. With almost two months left in the year, the FCC has received 9,327 […]

Members of a signals-intelligence unit of the Chinese military accessed Motorola Solutions’ computer network and downloaded more than 1,000 documents—including competitive intelligence about LMR manufacturer Hytera Communications—in 2017, according to a U.S. government indictment and other legal briefings. In 2017, Jia Wei was a member of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA)—the military of the People’s […]

Private wireless networking is one of the few bright spots in an industry struggling through a slowdown in operator spending and a wave of AI-driven job cuts. Indeed, research firm SNS Telecom & IT predicts private wireless will enjoy annual growth of 20% to reach $6 billion in total spending by the end of 2027. But companies in the private […]

Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) this week asked the FCC to consider measures to help private land-mobile-radio (PLMR) operators with T-Band spectrum (470-512 MHz) systems subject to “harmful interference” from television broadcasters that were repacked in the band seven years ago. EWA President and CEO Robin Cohen requested the FCC established a task force to consider […]