Several technology options exist for deploying IoT solutions focused on critical needs. These principally fall into two low-power wide area (LPWA) network classifications: licensed 4G and 5G cellular, and non-cellular LPWA.

Motorola Solutions CEO Greg Brown sent a letter to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis asking him to line-item veto several items in the state legislature’s 2021-2022 budget that direct the Florida Department of Management Services (DMS) to award a contract to L3Harris Technologies for a new Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) without a competitive procurement process.

The FCC approved a special temporary authority (STA) request from Verizon to allow it to conduct 5G tests using pre-commercial equipment in the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) spectrum.

BDBOS, the German nationwide public-safety digital radio network, selected Nokia to provide technical, maintenance and management services. Nokia successfully launched the service in December with all services and logistics sites equipped and ready for deployment, and employees trained and fully operational.

In its bill implementing its 2021-2022 budget, the Florida legislature directed the Florida Department of Management (DMS) to award L3Harris a 15-year contract to continue operating and to upgrade its Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) contract.

The Florida House of Representatives and Senate reached an agreement on a budget proposal that would include $37.5 million in funding for the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) for the 2021-2022 fiscal year, which begins in July.

Tranvia de Murcia, the tram service for the town of Murcia, Spain, selected Airbus to update the tram service’s secure TETRA communications network . The update will be completed with the collaboration of infrastructure and industrial engineering company COMSA Industrial, which will be installing and integrating the network.

The FCC’s Wireless Telecommunications Bureau (WTB) announced that it will begin accepting 900 MHz broadband segment applications May 27.

The FCC approved an order that completes its 800 MHz rebanding program at its April 22 meeting.

The Florida legislature passed and Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill that re-establishes a surcharge that helps fund the Florida Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS).