Polaris Wireless, Orion Labs: Companies team to develop location-services solution

Motorola Solutions declined to sign a contract honoring its $687.8 million bid to build a statewide Project (P25) network in Florida, so the state will “move toward the new procurement of a next-generation system,” according to a state letter sent yesterday to Motorola Solutions Chairman and CEO Greg Brown. Written by Florida Department of Management […]

Charleston County (S.C.) Consolidated 911 Center today announced that it will replace its on-premises computer-aided dispatch (CAD) system with RapidDeploy’s cloud-based Nimbus CAD during the next year in an effort to enhance the center’s informational capabilities while lowering costs during the next five years. Charleston County tested RapidDeploy for two years prior to signing the […]

Motorola Solutions and the state of Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) did not meet the DMS-imposed deadline of Dec. 31 to finalize a $687.8 million contract that would have Motorola Solutions build a statewide Project 25 (P25) network, but it is unclear what next steps are being taken by the state. On Dec. 23, […]

Land-mobile-radio licensing activity in 2019 again hovered near record-low levels, with public-safety applications dipping slightly to an all-time low and the business-industrial sector potentially seeing a slight increase, according to information in the FCC’s online Universal Licensing System (ULS) database. A total of 2,952 public-safety licensing applications submitted in 2019 have been granted, with another […]