Fortinet signed a threat information sharing agreement with INTERPOL to combat global cybercrime and privacy protection.

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Everbridge expanded the capabilities of the national alerting system that it is powering for Sweden. Going forward, residents and visitors in Sweden will be able to receive short message service (SMS) notifications on their mobile phones if they reside within an area where sudden events such as fire, extreme weather or a terror attack occur.

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Regulatory authorities approved Sweden’s Securitas acquisition of the Kratos Public Safety and Security (KPSS) division from Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a top 10 systems integrator in the United States. The purchase price is about 600 million Swedish kroner (US$69 million) on a cash and debt-free basis.

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RF Industries announced results for the fiscal second quarter and first six months ended April 30. Second quarter sales were $22.4 million, nearly tripled compared with sales in the same quarter last year.

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South Korea’s KT said it proposed a Smart Boracay project to the Philippine government to help make the tourist destination safer and more wired with KT's information and communications technology (ICT) solutions.

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The Australian Volunteer Coast Guard deployed an Omnitronics digital radio dispatch system to help manage the mission-critical rescue communications across 2,512 kilometers of Australian coastline. The system helps increase the agency’s reach to remote locations for reliability, productivity, access and ease of communications for its 2,500 volunteers.

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Barrett Communications completed a contract worth A$7 million (US$5.3 million) for tactical VHF equipment to an unnamed Middle Eastern military force. The new client deployed the equipment as part of a planned modernization of its existing military VHF systems.<

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Harold Linke was named president of Public Safety Communications Europe (PSCE), and David Lund was named vice president and treasurer.

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As commercial Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks become an increasingly common support partner to secure TETRA networks, the communications link between the two bearers is now a critical focus. A new study from TCCA’s Security and Fraud Prevention Group (SFPG) highlights the need for robust processes and best practice to ensure there are no weaknesses in the interworking mechanism that could be exploited by those with malicious intent.

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ZTE agreed to pay $1 billion under a new agreement with the U.S. government as a result of ZTE’s violations of its March 2017 settlement agreement. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Chinese company will also place an additional $400 million in suspended penalty money in escrow before the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) will remove ZTE from the denied persons list.

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