The NYPD is set to fully encrypt its radio broadcasts by the end of next year as part of a nearly $400 million planned system upgrade — setting off alarm among local politicians and press advocates.

Listening to police and fire calls used to be a pretty simple proposition: buy a scanner, punch in some frequencies — or if you’re old enough, buy the right crystals — and you’re off to the races. It ...

Public safety agencies in Austin — police, fire and EMS — will soon go radio silent to the public after they switch to an encrypted radio system. This means that the current publicly available scanner ...

Listening to Boston police radio transmissions over old-school scanner equipment will soon yield nothing but dead air. The Boston Police Department said Wednesday that it will convert its analog radio ...

TROY, NY (WRGB) — The Troy City Council will vote on an ordinance Thursday that could potentially block the public from listening to police scanner traffic. It’s part of a grant by the state division ...

AUSTIN, Texas — First responders are here to protect and serve, do no harm and save lives. And they say restricting public access to their radio scanners is now necessary to preserve safety. Starting ...

Picocom, the 5G Open RAN baseband semiconductor and software specialist, today announced that it has collaborated with Texas Instruments (TI) on a complete 5G Open RAN small cell radio unit reference ...