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Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Law enforcement is now buying cellphone-location data from marketers Apps are selling your location data. The U.S. government is buying. Racine’s cyberattacker still a mystery, but FBI says Oshkosh’s ransomware came from Russia FBI document reveals local and state police are collecting intelligence to expand terrorism watch list […]

Motorola Solutions posted its second consecutive year of record North American land-mobile-radio (LMR) sales, despite the company’s failure to reach a contract agreement for a statewide Florida network—an initiative in which Motorola Solutions still hopes to participate, according to company officials. During the quarterly earnings call conducted last week, Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown repeatedly […]

The age-old debate in the US between federal oversight versus local control is getting a new shine thanks to the rise of 5G and small cell transmitters. On Monday (February 10), it’s a debate that’s going before a three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco. Billions of […]

Super Bowl television advertisements remain a staple of the American zeitgeist. Not surprisingly, Super Bowl LIV brought viewers a tempting glimpse of what 5G promises in the way of improved first-responder operations. Verizon Wireless advertisements showcased the company’s commitment to first responders, and they also put a spotlight on its technology expertise. The gauzy peek […]