The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) finalized new documents that will allow Project 25 (P25) Phase 2 interoperability testing under the Compliance Assessment Program (CAP), and half the P25 CAP labs are now recognized by the new accreditation bodies.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) released a 40-page report summarizing results from the first mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) Plugtests event held June 19 – 23.

Motorola Solutions reported higher revenue and earnings for the second quarter, and executives said they continue to see customers invest in Project 25 (P25) for the long term.

The FCC opened a proceeding through a notice of inquiry (NOI) to examine whether rule changes in the 900 MHz band would be appropriate to increase access to spectrum, improve spectrum efficiency, and expand flexibility for next-generation technologies and services

Airbus will provide its newest generation of TETRA deployable radio solutions to the Ministry of Defence in Belgium.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) First Responder Group (FRG) examined two communications technologies and evaluated them for public-safety use.

Avtec tested and validated the wireline interface between the Avtec Scout dispatch console and the Leonardo, formerly Selex, ECOS-D Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Tiers 2 and 3 infrastructure.

Standards for mission-critical features within Long Term Evolution (LTE) continue to move forward with the partial completion of Release 14 in June and the addition of work on an LMR-to-LTE interworking standard in Release 15.

Nearly 100 federal, state and local public-safety and private organizations gathered last week to test tactics and technologies to identify, locate and mitigate illegal jamming of communications systems, such as GPS, radio and wireless systems.

Motorola Solutions and Radiocoms Systems announced that Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service in the United Kingdom will deploy 1,000 MOTOTRBO radios and the WAVE 5000 mobile communicator service to connect the Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) system with TETRA technology.