Motorola Solutions acquired Envysion, a provider of enterprise video security and business analytics solutions for the quick-service restaurant and retail industries.

The IC-SAT100/M satellite push-to-talk (PTT) radio manufactured by Icom shipped a total of over 10,000 units, as of July. It has taken just two years since its global release in July 2019 to achieve this milestone.

As the critical communications industry begins to adopt 4G and 5G broadband communications, devices are needed that can match the mission-critical capabilities of the networks. A new white paper from TCCA highlights the complexity of the critical broadband world.

Four Senators introduced an act that would create a council to explore next-generation wireless communications into the Senate.

AT&T announced that it now has more than 18,500 public-safety agencies, accounting for more than 2.8 million connections, subscribed to the FirstNet network.

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo announced the appointment of 11 people to serve on the board of the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority). Raimondo also named Stephen Benjamin, mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, as the FirstNet Authority’s new board chair.

Verizon Public Sector received a $78 million task order with Naval District Washington (NDW) through the federal government’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract vehicle.

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority announced that an independent group will investigate Motorola Solutions’ dual roles as the owner of the Airwave network and a contractor on the new Emergency Services Network (ESN).

The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) and the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) modified the temporary filing freeze on the acceptance and processing of some applications in the 4.9 GHz band.

Improved computer chips are making it easier to integrate LTE and LMR technologies into one device, said Dave George, president and chief technologist at Pryme Radio Products.