Singapore company Addvalue Technologies formalized a worldwide agreement with Inmarsat to jointly offer a commercial on-demand communications service specifically designed to address certain elements of the rapidly expanding low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite market. The service, termed Inter-Satellite Data Relay Service (IDRS), will enhance and improve the operational efficiency of LEO satellite operations globally.

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Simoco Wireless Solutions signed an agreement to implement the first phase of a multiphase project to provide Jamaica Public Service (JPS), Jamaica’s sole distributor of electricity, with a new Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) network.

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xG Technology’s Vislink business received orders valued at about $200,000 for specialized microwave communications equipment to be used in airborne surveillance and law enforcement operations by a police force in Africa.

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Hytera Communications announced an agreement with the International Canoe Federation and U.K. British Canoeing Sailing Committee to sponsor the XX International Canoe (IC) World Championships, hosted in the United Kingdom at the Welsh National Sailing Academy in Pwllheli 10 – 25 August.

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Public-safety smartphone maker Bittium reported its financial results for the first half of the year. Net sales from January to June decreased by 12.8 percent year-on-year to €27.1 million (US$31.8 million).

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The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) released a 40-page report summarizing results from the first mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) Plugtests event held June 19 – 23.

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Motorola Solutions reported higher revenue and earnings for the second quarter, and executives said they continue to see customers invest in Project 25 (P25) for the long term.

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Sierra Wireless entered into a definitive merger agreement to acquire Numerex in a stock-for-stock merger transaction. The transaction is valued at about US$107 million based on Sierra Wireless’ closing stock price Aug. 1 of US$29.65 per share and represents a premium of 17.5 percent to Numerex’s 20-day average share price.

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Simoco Wireless Solutions announced a partnership with communications equipment manufacturer RACOM as it expands its range of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and telemetry products.

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Europe’s CONCORDE and EPISECC projects are organizing a joint workshop on optimizing real-time information exchange in emergency and disaster management 11 September in Brussels, Belgium. Both projects are now coming to an end, and the workshop will present the projects’ results as well as reflect on the work that has been done during the past three years.

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