A lawsuit over whether Sprint has abandoned the Nextel trademark began April 11.

Benton County, Oregon, awarded Federal Engineering (FE), a contract to provide a radio infrastructure assessment and detailed improvement plan for first responder agencies in the area.

PowerTrunk supplied a TETRA digital radio communications network for a metro train project in Sydney, Australia. The scope of the project includes TETRA radio network infrastructure, portable handheld and specialized on-board radio equipment, and its CeCoTRANS dispatch solution.

Motorola Solutions provided Swisscom a next generation, Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)-standards-compliant push-to-talk (PTT) solution, enabling the Swiss telecommunications provider to offer an instant communication service to its business customers. The new PTT service connects individuals and groups instantaneously over Swisscom’s broadband network and allows it to offer priority usage to critical users in emergency situations.

The various codes and guidelines for ERRCS came as a direct result of the tragedy of September 11. The complexity of the building systems and type of construction affected first responder communication efforts. Firefighters and police could not communicate with each other or dispatch, directly resulting in loss of life.

The state of Oklahoma, through its Land Mobile Radio Public Safety Interoperability Cooperative (LMRPSIC), selected Federal Engineering (FE) to develop a statewide public-safety communications strategic plan.

Motorola Solutions acquired TETRA Ireland Communications, the provider of Ireland’s National Digital Radio Service (NDRS). Terms of this transaction were not disclosed.

Union County, South Carolina, retained the services of Federal Engineering (FE) to assist with improvements to the county’s public-safety mobile radio system.

Hytera Mobilfunk completed the expansion of the nationwide public-safety TETRA network in the Dominican Republic. The last coverage gaps in rural areas were closed on behalf of the Dominican Ministry of the Interior, thereby achieving nationwide radio coverage.

In reply comments, the National Wireless Communications Council (NWCC) again urged the FCC to release a notice of proposed rulemaking to update the rules governing protection of TV stations in the T-band spectrum. The NWCC also said that any NPRM adopted in the proceeding should be based on a solid technical analysis.