Newscan: Wilbur Ross confirmed as Commerce secretary

Hytera Communications claims it has not made a court-ordered royalty payment of $49 million to Motorola Solutions because the China-based LMR manufacturer’s parent company does not have access to the assets of its subsidiaries around the world, according to a recent filing in a federal district court. Hytera Communications Corp. (HCC) made the filing earlier […]

Todd Schlekeway, executive director of NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association, discusses many of NATE’s planned activities for 2023, including a legislative visit to Capitol Hill in May, safety/training initiatives, and a broader release of the Vertical Freedom documentary that focuses on the lives of tower climbers in the communication arena.  

Over a 30-month period, cybercriminal gangs and threat groups posted more than 200,000 advertisements seeking workers with skills in software development, maintaining IT infrastructure, and designing fraudulent sites and email campaigns. The demand for technically skilled individuals continues, but it peaked during the coronavirus pandemic, with double the average job advertisements coming during March 2020, […]

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) avionics company uAvionix received Federal Aviation Administration approval to conduct advanced beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights of small UAVs in North Dakota.  The flights will be conducted at the Northern Plains Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Test Site (NPUASTS) in Grand Forks, one of seven FAA-run UAV test sites in the U.S., using […]