Icom increases focus on end-to-end solutions

A new Hytera affiliate has agreed to purchase assets of Hytera’s two active U.S. divisions—but not liabilities like the $764.6 million legal award owed to Motorola Solutions—for $7.897 million as an initial step in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction process that could be concluded next month, according to Hytera legal filings. China-based LMR manufacturer Hytera […]

Verizon has chosen a vendor to deliver mission-critical-push-to-talk (MCPTT) service based on the 3GPP standard and expects to launch the offering by the end of this year, according to a Verizon official. “We have selected a mission-critical-push-to-talk vendor,” Nick Nilan, Verizon’s director of public-sector product development, said yesterday during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications. […]

U.S. House Commerce Committee members unanimously approved legislation that would repeal a law mandating that the FCC auction public-safety T-Band spectrum, preparing the bill for consideration by the full House amid speculation that the matter could be part of an upcoming COVID-19 stimulus package. House Commerce Committee members unanimously approved H.R. 451—the “Don’t Break Up […]

  Dan Zeiler, director of NGCS cybersecurity at Motorola Solutions, explains how cybersecurity needs have evolved as 911 centers migrate to architectures that allow access to sensor information that is located in a variety of databases. With this technological shift, 911 centers should consider new technologies to address security beyond the traditional “walled-garden” approach, he […]