Coverage, reliability and security are the top concerns for first responders for adopting commercial networks, according to an industry survey, and a market research executive said he doesn’t expect Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks to replace LMR for the next 10 to 15 years.

Softil’s client framework technology was selected for a new generation of Daeyoun System communications terminals and signal control systems to bring operational improvements to the Seoul, South Korea, subway.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) released a report on vehicle to everything (V2X) use cases.

Global critical communications association TCCA released a white paper on TETRA connectivity to Long Term Evolution (LTE).

The 2018 Winter Institute will be held Oct. 22 – 26 at Disaster City on the campus of Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station, Texas. This year’s programming will include the Winter Institute exercise, a public-safety broadband workshop and Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) grant recipient support.

The French Ministry of the Interior (MoI) released a request for information (RFI) about licensed shared access and air ground air communications. The call for competences relates to establishing a radio network of the future (RRF) for public protection and disaster response (PPDR) communications.

Polaris Wireless executives met with FCC officials to discuss a CTIA report and cover letter that the company said “obscure Polaris Wireless’ success in achieving highly accurate Z-axis fixes.”

Hytera Communications filed a motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim that Motorola Solutions recently added to its theft of trade secrets lawsuit in Illinois district court.

Hytera Communications amended its anticompetitive behavior lawsuit against Motorola Solutions, alleging that Motorola has undertaken a misinformation campaign to discredit Hytera and deter customers from buying Hytera products.

The FCC announced a temporary freeze, effective Sept. 13, on the acceptance of certain applications related to Part 90 services operating in the 896 – 901/935 – 940 MHz spectrum band until further notice.