After more than two years of extensive field testing, market research and piloting by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami-Dade County awarded Motorola Solutions a deal worth $165 million over 10 years for its APX NEXT radios.

The new judge in the ongoing theft of trade secrets lawsuit between Hytera Communications and Motorola Solutions proposed a schedule for dealing with two outstanding motions in the trial.

New specifications released today by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) will enable multiple accounts and identities to exist in the same smartphone handset without needing any physical subscriber identity modules (SIMs) to be within the device.

The latest set of Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Plenary electronic meetings (e-meetings) concluded on September 19. The meetings focused on Release 18 (R18) which is currently in progress. R18 will become the inaugural release for 5G Advanced that includes new innovations toward the 5G vision. The plenary e-meetings made solid progress on the study items and work items that form the basis to advance the agreed upon R18 features. The following reports discuss the current status of R18 work.

If first responders have their way, the future of public safety will include more internet-connected devices, a continued emphasis on network reliability and resiliency during emergency response operations and far more demand for 5G in the coming years.

The FCC entered into consent degrees with five telephones carriers to settle investigation into whether the carriers failed to file 9-1-1 reliability certifications for 2021 by the deadline of October 15, 2021.

The “Advanced Open/Obstructed Test Proctor Course for Evaluating Drone Capabilities and Remote Pilot Proficiency” was developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in conjunction with the Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) released the new “S&T Partnership Guide.” The new guide provides information about the opportunities for a variety of potential partners to take part in the lifecycle of innovation through collaborative research and development partnership opportunities and support the delivery of innovative technologies for homeland security.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) CHIPS for America initiative is seeking public input on two programs that aim to restore U.S. global leadership in semiconductor manufacturing. Both were authorized under the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) launched its fifth course of the Hacking for Homeland Security (H4HS) program for the fall 2022 semester.