Newscan: First responders, Congress unite in call to preserve T-Band for public-safety use

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COVID-19 is forcing us to adopt the technologies that some of us have successfully avoided up to this point. Even those who are comfortable with technology acknowledge the tactile differences between in-person and virtual meetings. A few task force members with whom I often work have resolutely refused to learn new platforms. They insist that […]

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai last week took the initial step to conduct a mandated auction of T-Band spectrum to commercial users in February, but he simultaneously urged Congress to repeal the 2012 law requiring the bidding process for public-safety airwaves by describing the notion as “a bad idea.” Pai announced last Friday that he circulated […]

Final written arguments from Motorola Solutions in support of a permanent injunction against Hytera Communications selling certain DMR products would be due on June 23, according to briefing schedule proposed by both parties in the companies’ lengthy federal-court case. Initiated in November 2019, the trade-secrets and software-copyright suit resulted in a unanimous jury verdict in […]