Motorola Solutions has been selected to deploy communications tools in Norway in an effort to expand coverage of the nation’s trunked radio system public safety network. The Norwegian Directorate for Emergency Communication inked an agreement to obtain 1,000 licenses for Motorola Solutions’ Wave work group communications product, Motorola said Monday. Users in Norway will be able […] More

Motorola Solutions has been awarded a $23.5 million contract to deliver radio infrastructure equipment and services to Emergency Communications for British Columbia Inc. and the regional government agency partners of E-Comm. E-Comm and its partners within the police, fire and ambulance services selected Motorola Solutions’ ASTRO Project 25 radio infrastructure following endorsement by the Lower […] More

Motorola Solutions has rolled out a new long-term evolution vehicle modem as the company aims to fulfill high-speed data demands of public safety and commercial carrier customers. The ruggedized VML750 LTE modem works on fire apparatuses, ambulances, utility trucks, transit and school buses, Motorola Solutions said Monday. Bruce Brda, senior vice president of government services at Motorola Solutions, […] More

Motorola Solutions Inc. has introduced a cloud-based mobile application for public safety agencies and commercial services to view field data from various devices and networks. The Intelligent Data Portal works to collect data from existing databases and coordinate the information in order to display locations and events, Motorola Solutions said Monday. Tim Boyle, vice president […] More

Motorola Solutions has begun talks to sell its enterprise business to Zebra Technologies for $3.45 billion in a bid to beef up asset tracking tools for their clients, Health IT Outcomes reported earlier this month. John Oncea writes the two companies expect to finalize the all-cash transaction by yearend. The combined organizations intend to integrate […] More

Microsoft has entered into a patent licensing agreement with Motorola Solutions that provides global coverage for the latter’s devices that run on Android or Chrome operating systems. The agreement is part of Microsoft’s intellectual property licensing program that includes patent licensing for Android device-makers such as Samsung, Acer and Motorola Mobility, Microsoft said Monday. “Microsoft and Motorola Solutions share a respect for […] More

Motorola Solutions has won a potential $175 million contract to build a public safety broadband network with 4G Long Term Evolution Technology for first responders to conduct wireless data communications in and around Los Angeles, Calif. The Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communication System Authority selected Motorola Solutions to design, construct, implement, test and maintain the 231-site network, Motorola […] More

Motorola Solutions and Ohio’s Chardon Area Schools have launched a program to connect school district staff with first responders in their area via radios in case of an emergency. Under the SchoolSAFE Solution project, Motorola distributed 250 Motorola ASTRO 25 and MOTOTRBO radios to the personnel at 10 Chardon schools, the company announced Thursday. “Schools […] More

Robert Hoffman, formerly government relations senior vice president at the Washington-based Information Technology Industry Council, has joined Motorola Solutions as corporate VP and government affairs lead. He will report directly to Mark Hacker, general counsel and SVP of legal and government affairs, and be based at Motorola Solutions’ office in Washington starting in March, Motorola Solutions […] More

Motorola Solutions has purchased software communications company Twisted Pair Solutions for an undisclosed amount in an effort to grow push-to-talk over broadband offerings. Twisted Pair will become a subsidiary of Motorola Solutions and be a part of the latter company’s government solutions business, the companies said Thursday. “We recognize that our customers have multiple communications […] More

A Motorola Solutions-established cyberthreat information sharing and analysis organization has taken part in the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative. The company said Wednesday Public Safety Threat Alliance joining JCDC advances its commitment to the global public safety community. PSTA, which was launched by Motorola in 2022, includes almost 150 member organizations […] More

The U.S. Navy has awarded Motorola Solutions a $29.2 million contract modification for the continued life cycle sustainment of an enterprise radio system used by Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command. The new award exercises the second option year of a potential $96 million contract for sustaining the Enterprise Land Mobile Radio System at Navy installations […] More