Following a transition period that started in October last year, Kevin Graham officially took over from Tony Gray as TCCA chief executive on January 1. RadioResource International asked Graham to share a little on his past experience and his goals for TCCA.

The FCC announced deadlines for comments and oppositions to petitions of reconsideration several Colorado telephone entities filed in the FCC’s proceeding to limit 9-1-1 fee diversion.

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.

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.

Simi Valley, California, awarded Federal Engineering (FE) a contract to assist with the upgrade of the city’s public-safety mobile radio system including the development of specifications and support of the system procurement.

The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) asked the FCC to extend the deadline for T-band incumbent users to modify existing systems or apply for new facilities.

The FCC received a large swath of comments in response to its request for feedback on its eighth further notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in regards to what actions it should take to improve use of the band.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) awarded Verizon Public Sector two contracts worth $34.6 million through the federal government’s Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) contract vehicle. Verizon will provide voice and data services and will supply a number of DOE facilities, including its Washington, D.C., headquarters.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program released 11 topics for the new Small Business innovation Research (SBIR) 22.1 Pre-solicitation.

The National Institute of Science and Technology’s Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) program announced a funding opportunity for its Public-Safety Innovation Accelerator Program (PSIAP) 2022.