Drew WilsonMarch 27, 2019
4min370
The contract is expected to save Florida taxpayers $300 million.
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Drew WilsonMarch 27, 2019
Peter SchorschNovember 26, 2018
5min711
Recent hurricanes have served as a stark reminder of the integral role communications play in disaster response efforts. When Hurricane Michael decimated Northwest Florida last month, cell outages were just as widespread as power outages — many in the hardest hit areas had to park their car on a bridge and stand on its roof […]
Staff ReportsNovember 1, 20184min286
As expected, Harris Corp. is taking a battle over a major state law-enforcement radio contract to an appeals court. The Melbourne-based company Thursday filed a notice of appeal of a decision by the Department of Management Services (DMS) to award the contract to Motorola Solutions, according to the 1st District Court of Appeal website. DMS Secretary Erin Rock last month […]
Jim RosicaOctober 8, 2018
3min555
The Department of Management Services (DMS) will enter into final negotiations with Motorola Solutions to take over the state’s law enforcement communications network, the company announced Monday. DMS Secretary Erin Rock issued a final order, accepting a recommendation by Administrative Law Judge J. Bruce Culpepper to dismiss a protest by Harris Corp., which previously had the contract. The order was not posted Monday morning; […]
Jim RosicaJune 19, 20183min301
Lawyers on Monday filed recommendations as to how an administrative law judge should rule in a bid protest over the statewide law enforcement radio system, a deal potentially worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The recommended orders from Motorola Solutions and the Department of Management Services (DMS) were filed under seal, however, meaning they are […]
Jim RosicaMay 10, 2018
4min434
Harris Corp., already fighting its loss of a more than half billion-dollar state radio contract, now is suing over allowing winning bidder Motorola to use its radio towers. The Melbourne-based communications company filed suit Wednesday afternoon in Leon County Circuit Civil court against the Department of Management Services (DMS) and the Agency for State Technology — one day […]
Jim RosicaMay 9, 20185min357
Motorola’s bid for a statewide law enforcement radio system is based on an “unknown design,” one that “no one knows what it’s going to look like” and that it “may never be able to deliver,” an attorney for Harris Corp. told an administrative law judge Tuesday. Furthermore, the state’s decision to go with Motorola is […]
Jim RosicaApril 23, 20184min296
A month after losing a contract for the state’s first responder radio system, Harris Corp. has filed a public records lawsuit in Tallahassee. The Melbourne-based company filed its complaint last week. It seeks an “expedited hearing” after it asked for information that its competitor, Motorola Solutions, says is covered by a “trade secrets” exemption. The state on March […]
Drew WilsonApril 3, 2018
2min378
Harris Corp. said it’s challenging a recent state contract that would see Motorola Solutions build the replacement to the Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System. The state announced on March 14 that it would go with Motorola over Harris, which had held the contract since September 2000. “We already submitted our intent to protest on [March 20],” […]
Peter SchorschSeptember 21, 2017
4min411
It’s been a little while since Nokia has been at the bleeding edge of the tech world, but Rajeev Suri has done quite a bit to put the communications company back on the path since he took over as CEO in 2014. In an interview with Axios, the executive talked about his 10-year plan to […]