Baltimore, MD - Despite protest, $345 million communication contract approved

[Thunderbolt]

BALTIMORE -- In order to beat the clock on a broadcast license that could expire, the Board of Public Works on Wednesday approved an eight-year contract with Motorola worth $345 million for broadcast interoperability – despite a pending protest.

Despite pending protest, $345 million communication contract approved

 

[millrad]

Baltimore 700 MHz system

The writer needs to understand that "broadcasting' is not the same as public safety radio.
Broadcasting implies one-way radio, as in TV and AM /FM Radio.
Besides that technicality, the article is pretty informative.
Sounds like Mother M stands to gain another boatload of money from a proposed system
that's years away, at best.

 

[b7spectra]

If you listen carefully, you can hear Motorola laughing all the way to the bank!