Newscan: FirstNet holds first state plan consultation meeting in Maryland

Legislative budget language requires that Florida’s Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) be upgraded to P25 and to interoperate with FirstNet, but law-enforcement agencies should not be limited in their choice of wireless broadband provider, a Verizon official said today to a state board. Kim Mirabella, director of sales for Verizon’s public-sector unit in the […]

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Motorola Solutions is seeing significant revenue and market-share gains in both fixed and mobile video as the it continues to diversify its offerings portfolio beyond the traditional sale and installation of LMR systems and devices, company officials said during the first-quarter earnings call. Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown described the company’s results as […]

A Silicon Valley startup founded by Jeff Yee, a former AT&T and ZTE executive, is hoping to solve one of the big dilemmas facing operators building 5G networks – how to rapidly deploy enough small cells to provide ubiquitous 5G coverage in a given area. Small cells aren’t a new phenomenon. Most operators have deployed […]