TCCA Chief Executive Tony Gray announced his retirement earlier this year and in September, the TCCA board appointed Kevin Graham as the new chief executive. With Gray’s tenure as the chief executive winding down, RadioResource International asked Gray to reflect on his time with TCCA and what lies ahead for critical communications.

The FCC extended the filing window for certain applications from T-band incumbents until April 1. That window was originally scheduled to end on December 19.

A judge for the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois set the royalties Hytera Communications will be required to pay Motorola Solutions for use of Motorola’s trade secrets in its Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) products.

Motorola Solutions acquired 911 Datamaster, a next-generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1) data solutions provider. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The FCC’s Enforcement Bureau settled five investigations into communications providers’ compliance with the agency’s 9-1-1 reliability rules during network outages that occurred last year.

Honeywell agreed to acquire privately held US Digital Designs, a Tempe, Arizona,-based company, for a purchase multiple of approximately 14 times earnings before interest, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) in an all-cash transaction.

Airbus and Erillisverkot, the operator of Finland’s Virve public-safety network, signed an agreement for Airbus to provide Tactilon Agnet 800 mission-critical voice and messaging services for the Virve migration period from current TETRA technology to broadband services.

The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) filed a motion asking the FCC to extend the reply comments deadline to its ongoing further notice of proposed rulemaking (FNPRM) on what to do with the 4.9 GHz band.

Standards work and new communications technology innovations were at the top of mind for MissionCritical Communications reader during 2021, as those stories were sprinkled throughout the most read stories of 2021.

Robin J. Cohen, president of the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA), was appointed to the additional role of CEO. Cohen also will join the EWA Board of Directors.