News Telewave President and co-founder Raymond L. Collins passes 23rd March 2016 Raymond L. Collins, President and co-founder of Telewave, Inc., passed away in San Jose, Calif., on March 15, 2016, after a brief illness. He was 83.
Video EF Johnson Technologies: John Suzuki discusses company role in JVCKENWOOD, contract wins, new LMR software-license program 22nd March 2016 EF Johnson Technologies President and CEO John Suzuki talks about his firm’s integration with parent company JVCKENWOOD, notable contract wins, a rebranding of EF Johnson subscribers to the Kenwood name, and a new perpetual-license program that is designed to ensure that customers will not have to repay for previously purchased LMR software options when they buy a new radio.
News EF Johnson Technologies’ P25 subscriber line rebranded under Kenwood name 21st March 2016 EF Johnson Technologies announces that the company will rebrand its P25 portofolio of Viking subscriber radios under the Kenwood name, a reflection of EF Johnson’s integration with its parent company, Japan-based manufacturer JVCKENWOOD.
News EF Johnson’s new perpetual-license model lets repeat customers save on radio software costs 21st March 2016 EF Johnson Technologies announces a new perpetual-license framework that will decouple licenses to the company’s radio software from its hardware units—a strategy that could save long-term public-safety customers significant money, according to EF Johnson CEO John Suzuki.
News Motorola Solutions acknowledges it proposed 700 MHz TETRA system for NYC transit before filing protest 17th March 2016 Motorola Solutions acknowledges that it also proposed a TETRA solution in an attempt to win a bus-system radio contract for the New York Transit Authority and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City—a project that the company has formally protested, in part because the company claims that the FCC prohibits TETRA deployment on the 700 MHz public-safety spectrum.
News FirstNet initiates $40 million grant program to relocate 700 MHz narrowband systems by August 2017 16th March 2016 FirstNet announces a $40 million federal grant program that is designed to help 15 public-safety entities move their existing LMR operations from the 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum that is licensed to FirstNet. The goal is to clear those airwaves by August 2017 for use by the contractor that will build and operate the proposed nationwide public-safety broadband network (NPSBN).
News 3GPP approves standard for mission-critical PTT (MCPTT) over LTE in Release 13 15th March 2016 Mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) functionality is now part of the LTE standard in Release 13, which was “frozen” by the 3GPP standards body last week in Sweden. As a result, MCPTT-capable equipment should be available for FirstNet when Release 13 is scheduled to be implemented as early as 2018.
News Black & Veatch to rebrand RCC Consultants business 15th March 2016 Less than eight months after buying RCC Consultants out of bankruptcy, Black & Veatch will rebrand the consulting unit as Black & Veatch while working to integrate and grow the new business.
News Motorola Solutions files protest against New York City transit award of 700 MHz TETRA radio system 14th March 2016 Motorola Solutions files a formal protest against a decision by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City to award PowerTrunk with a contract to build a TETRA radio network for the MTA bus system that would operate on 700 MHz public-safety spectrum.
News Motorola Solutions introduces P25 multiband radio with Wi-Fi, speaker mic designed for firefighters 10th March 2016 Motorola Solutions introduces the APX 8000XE multiband P25 radio with Wi-Fi and the APX XE500 remote speaker microphone (RSM), both of which are designed to work in the extreme environments and gloved conditions that firefighters encounter on a regular basis, according to a company official.
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