Government sued by Motorola over unpaid emergency services bills

Airwave continues to create problems decades later

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Government sued by Motorola over unpaid emergency services bills
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Government sued by Motorola over unpaid emergency services bills

Motorola is suing the Home Office, claiming that the bills for running the police radio network have been underpaid since March 2023.

The legal action is just the latest in a long line of disputes over the proprietary Airwave secure communications system and its costs that go back to the birth of the project in 2000. According...

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