News Harris PSPC optimistic about prospects after L3 merger announcement 19 Oct 2018 Harris this week announced plans to merge with L3 Communications in a deal that would create a massive defense company and bolster the Harris public-safety and professional communications (PSPC) unit, according to Dana Mehnert, president of Harris Communications Systems. “This is a transformative merger that bring the combined enterprise to a whole different scale,” Mehnert […]
News Newscan: Harris, L3 to merge into defense, critical-communications giant 17 Oct 2018 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations Harris, L3 to merge into defense, critical-communications giant Harris to merge with L3 in an all-stock deal, creating defense-contracting giant with $34 billion market value Carriers’ network-operations recovery ongoing in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael Fiber damage vexes Verizon after Hurricane Michael With initial reports of 264K out […]
News UK to pay Motorola Solutions $1.45 billion for three-year Airwave extension 16 Oct 2018 Motorola Solutions will be paid 1.1 billion pounds ($1.45 billion) to extend the life of Airwave—the TETRA system that provide mission-critical voice services to first responders in United Kingdom (UK)—for an additional three years under a new proposed agreement, according to an official with the UK Home Office. Home Office Permanent Secretary Sir Philip Rutnam […]
News JVCKENWOOD unveils push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) plans 12 Oct 2018 SAN ANTONIO—JVCKENWOOD yesterday announced plans to provide a push-to-talk-over-cellular (PoC) offering that includes devices and cellular service, according to a company official speaking at the Wireless Leadership Summit. David Weber, JVCKENWOOD USA’s national SMR channel manager for enterprise systems, said that the company officials believe a combination of PoC and traditional LMR offerings often can […]
Hurricane Michael response effort forces postponement of Winter Institute 12 Oct 2018 This year’s Winter Institute workshop and exercise in College Station, Texas, is being postponed—likely until the first quarter of next year—because many of the participants are part of the response effort to Hurricane Michael in the southeast U.S., according to an event official. “The 2018 Workshop and the Exercise that were to be held October […]
Leonardo: Gary Lorenz outlines company’s background, versatile LMR product 11 Oct 2018 Gary Lorenz, indirect sales manager for Leonardo, describes the Italy-based company’s heritage–one that includes products ranging from LMR to broadband–and highlights the functionality of its versatile LMR base station. Lorenz spoke with IWCE’s Urgent Communications Editor Donny Jackson during the Wireless Leadership Summit in San Antonio.
News Long-awaited next-generation-911 cost study released 05 Oct 2018 Upgrading U.S. public-safety answering points to IP-based next-generation 911 (NG911) technology will cost $9.5 billion to $12.7 billion during a 10-year period, according to a much-anticipated cost study released today by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). Requested by Congress, the cost study is expected to […]
News Newscan: The Big Hack: How China used a tiny chip to infiltrate U.S. companies 05 Oct 2018 Web Roundup Items from other news organizations The Big Hack: How China used a tiny chip to infiltrate U.S. companies The Big Hack: Statements from Amazon, Apple, Super Micro and the Chinese government U.S. judge says China’s ZTE violated probation, extends monitor’s term Russia launched cyberattacks targeting investigators trying to expose its misdeeds, Western allies […]
News Ed Parkinson named acting CEO for FirstNet, succeeding Mike Poth 01 Oct 2018 Ed Parkinson, one of FirstNet’s initial employees and someone who has worked for the development of public-safety broadband for most of this decade, is the new acting CEO of FirstNet, according to an announcement today from the FirstNet Authority and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).
News Motorola Solutions agrees to multiyear extensions on Airwave, ESN contracts in the UK 21 Sep 2018 United Kingdom (UK) public-safety agencies will be able to use the Airwave TETRA network through at least 2022 and Motorola Solutions-provided broadband services at least through 2024 on the new Emergency Services Network (ESN) system, according to separate statements issued today by the Home Office and Motorola Solutions.
IWCE’s Critical LTE Communications provides two days of learning, discourse and networking 14 Sep 2018
