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• 27th September 2018

North Carolina city relies on FirstNet voice, data communications during Hurricane Florence

• 26th September 2018

Florida judge recommends dismissal of Harris protest, award of statewide P25 contract to Motorola Solutions

• 7th September 2018

A Florida administrative law judge recommended that the state’s Department of Management Services (DMS) dismiss a protest from incumbent vendor Harris and award Motorola Solutions a contract worth as much as $687.8 million to provide a P25 statewide law-enforcement radio system (SLERS) to Florida first responders.

ITC to review portions of Hytera-Moto patent dispute, target date extended to Nov. 16

• 5th September 2018

U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) members will review several key aspects of an administrative law judge’s initial determination that Hytera Communications infringed on patents held by Motorola Solutions and that certain Hytera products should not be imported into the United States, according to an ITC filing.

AT&T closes deal for AlienVault, appoints CEO as head of new cybersecurity unit

• 31st August 2018

AT&T completes its acquisition of cybersecurity firm AlienVault and established a new cybersecurity-solutions unit that will be led by AlienVault CEO Barmak Meftah, who says he wants AT&T to “simplify” cybersecurity, especially in the critical-infrastructure sector.

ITC judge releases full determination, says Hytera employees ‘unquestionably copied’ Motorola tech

• 27th August 2018

Hytera Communications “unquestionably copied” Motorola Solutions technologies and infringed on four Motorola Solutions patents, three of which should be the subject of U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) remedies, according to an ITC administrative law judge’s detailed determination.

California county calls data throttling of firefighters ‘ridiculous,’ Verizon apologizes for ‘process failure’

• 24th August 2018

Verizon officials apologize for a “process failure” that caused a Santa Clara County fire department unit’s broadband data speeds to be throttled significantly multiple times this summer while the unit tried to coordinate resources from throughout the state to fight the worst wildfire in California history—an action characterized as “ridiculous” by a county official.

Verizon to lift wireless data caps on public safety next week, with immediate help for Hawaii, West Coast

• 24th August 2018

Verizon announces that its public-safety customers nationwide will be eligible for unlimited data plans with no data caps—and no price increase to existing subscription packages—starting next week, with the new plans being implemented immediately in Hawaii and on the West Coast to address expected near-term emergency situations.

Initial MCPTT tests deliver ‘significantly better’ audio quality than LMR, according to Spirent

• 22nd August 2018

Mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) services will not be introduced commercially until late this year, but early tests of multiple vendors’ offerings exhibited “significantly better” audio-quality scores than land-mobile-radio (LMR) systems, according an official from Spirent Communications, which conducted the tests.

FirstNet Chair Sue Swenson, Vice Chair Jeff Johnson resign from authority’s board

• 20th August 2018

FirstNet Chairwoman Sue Swenson and Vice Chairman Jeff Johnson retired from the FirstNet board effective today, although both Swenson and Johnson—part of the original FirstNet board named in 2012—were eligible to serve another year on the FirstNet Authority board.