Working in partnership with UNICEF, Australia’s University of Adelaide researchers created a best-practice toolkit to help developing countries rapidly generate and implement life-saving communications plans in the event of local emergencies.

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U.K. company Cobham, which owns test unit Cobham AvComm, released its first half results in line with expectations and said it will conduct a strategic review of its wireless and AvComm businesses.

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After announcing plans last year to launch both TETRA and Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, Saudi Arabian operator Bravo said it has launched initial TETRA services.

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Motorola Solutions delivered its 300,000th TETRA digital radio terminal to German public-safety organizations.

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Erbil International Airport (EIA), the principle airport serving the city of Erbil in Kurdistan autonomous region in northern Iraq, selected a communications solution from DAMM Cellular Systems.

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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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