Sepura and Hytera Communications announced that the U.K. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy will initiate a review of Hytera’s planned US$92 million acquisition of Sepura.

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Motorola Solutions will provide a new mobility managed service to Victoria Police to help increase situational awareness, safety and productivity for frontline officers.

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Airbus signed a contract to provide a TETRA system for four underground lines in Chongqing, a city of about 18 million inhabitants, making it the largest in southwest China.

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RWE Power, a Germany energy production and generation company, signed a 10-year managed services contract for its existing Sepura TETRA network in Cologne, Germany, marking another decade of collaboration for the two companies.

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Motorola Solutions announced it will introduce a suite of public-safety mobile applications with messaging, mapping, push to talk (PTT) and telephony as core software later this year.

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Europe’s BroadMap project took another step toward procurement of interoperable next-generation broadband radio communications systems for public safety and security, leaders said at the final workshop 6 April. The project goal is to have a system deployed by 2025.

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Airbus appointed Selim Bouri as the new head of sales and program delivery for the Middle East and Asia Pacific of Secure Land Communications. He will focus on delivering the latest TETRA technology in Asia and the Middle East, targeting new markets and additional regions.

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Leonardo provided a communications network for the G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, allowing for the effective coordination of security operations. Security forces protecting the international summit, which will see heads of state and other government officials convene in Taormina, Sicily, May 26 – 27, can use the equipment to rapidly intervene during any crisis, ensuring the summit, local population and surrounding area receive the highest level of protection.

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ABI Research predicted that public-safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) will hit the mainstream markets after 2020 as trials and deployments gain momentum across the world. Hardware revenue is expected to increase by 30 percent annually, reaching $540 million in 2025.

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International emergency calling associations from the United States and Europe announced their intent to increase cooperation and efforts on international standardization of emergency calling systems.

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