Germany company Schomandl added a portfolio of Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) portable and mobile two-way radios and repeaters from Excera to its distribution portfolio.

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Teltronic, a subsidiary of Hytera Communications, will deliver a system composed of TETRA infrastructure and onboard radio equipment for the new light rail trams in Odense, Denmark. The system will be able to simultaneously handle voice services for the drivers and network staff, along with data to support traffic control and regulation.

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The private LTE market is expected to surpass $2.5 billion in annual spending by the end of 2018, new research found. SNS Telecom & IT estimates that the market will further grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 30 percent between 2018 and 2021, eventually accounting for more than $5 billion in annual spending by the end of 2021.

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Swisscom and Ericsson are collaborating on end-to-end network slicing for critical communications in a joint project to deploy and explore new use cases for 4G and 5G. The project is based on Ericsson radio access and core networks, and one of the first steps is to test how the functionality can support critical communications over public networks, for example, in the public transport sector.

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To maintain the operations of Beijing’s public-safety TETRA network, Airbus signed a three-year contract with operator Justtop to provide a wide range of services until the end of 2020.

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IP communications enabler Softil and mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) server firm Nemergent Solutions combined their technologies and expertise to launch an end-to-end solution for next-generation mission-critical communications over Long Term Evolution (LTE) and 5G.

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Telia, the Swedish telecom operator with operations across Europe and Asia, announced its membership in TCCA, a global association for critical communications.

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Swisscom Broadcast and Hytera Mobilfunk signed a system partnership agreement for the sales region of Switzerland and the principality of Liechtenstein. Swisscom Broadcast is now a system integrator for the entire Hytera product range in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

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The second MCPTT Plugtests event will be hosted by Texas A&M University (TAMU) June 25 – 29 in College Station, Texas, USA. The goal of the MCPTT Plugtests event is to validate the interoperability of different mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) implementations on the market using different scenarios and test cases.

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The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) submitted a letter to Rosemary Harold, chief of the FCC’s Enforcement Bureau, requesting a meeting about the widespread use of noncompliant wireless devices.

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