A team of university students won Motorola Solutions’ Australian hackathon. Developers from Swinburne University claimed top honors with an app concept designed to improve the quality and accuracy of public reports about landslides, fallen trees and other dangers.

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Hytera Mobilfunk added SELECTRIC a new system partner. Through the collaboration, Hytera Mobilfunk is intensifying its activities in German-speaking Europe.

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Finland, Norway and Sweden prepared and signed a white paper noting the importance of international cooperation in public protection and disaster response (PPDR) communications. The paper follows a notice of intent signed by officials from each of the three countries this week.

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The fire brigade control center of Nuremberg Airport will be equipped with Frequentis’ VoIP-based communications system.

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An upgraded system from Motorola Solutions connects secure and reliable communications across both Narita and Okinawa Naha airports in Japan. The scalable, single system connects critical functions across the airports including security, operations and baggage handling activities.

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Hytera Mobilfunk announced Sice Telecomunicazioni as its new partner for system project business in Italy.

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DAMM secured a mission-critical communications system for the Maldives National Defence Force (MNDF). The TETRA network will cover more than 300 square kilometers and nearly 1,200 islands, grouped in 26 atolls.

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Officials from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB), the Finnish State Security Networks Group and Norway’s Directorate of Emergency Communication (DNK) signed a letter of intent (LoI) to start a three-country project to design communications possibilities among emergency services in all three countries.

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China and the United States are negotiating a deal to relax U.S. sanctions on China’s ZTE, which last week said it would close operations following a U.S. government decision to bar U.S. firms from exporting parts to the Chinese smartphone company, according to press reports.

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Critical Communications World (CCW) opened in Berlin 15 May, celebrating its 20th anniversary year. The event will host 175 expert speakers, 133 exhibitors and a new suite of demonstration areas.

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