GeoComm promoted Amanda Romaine to assistant vice president of marketing and partner management.

Everbridge announced that its mass notification system will be used to help keep Washington, D.C., residents and visitors safe and informed in the days leading up to and during the presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C. on January 20.

French radio communications specialist ETELM was recognized for its work to help establish a COVID-19 mobile medical facility in Italy. The project, which was a deployment of a mobile laboratory called the Biological Light Field Laboratory for Emergencies (B-LiFE), won at the International Critical Communications Awards 2020 in the category of “Best use of critical communications in public safety.”

Mission Critical Electronics (MCE) announced the appointment of Mark Kroh as president of Power Products and its network and industrial business, which is comprised of American battery Charging and Newmar Power.

A U.K. appeals court set aside freezing orders against Hytera and its U.K. subsidiary that froze the companies’ assets and prevented them from moving them out of the country. In April, the U.K. High Court approved a request from Motorola Solutions for a freezing order that prevented Hytera from moving up to US$345.7 million in assets out of the country.

In 2020, GeoComm worked with the Radcliff (Kentucky) Police Department to review the current state of the geographic information system (GIS) data being used at its emergency communication center (ECC).

The city of Longueuil in Quebec, Canada, chose the Omnitronics omnicore radio dispatch system to connect buses en route with operators at the city’s central command and communications center. The system is earmarked for installation and commissioning in 2021.

Airbus and its local partners GuangZhou Topcom and Beijing Smart & Speedy signed a contract to provide hybrid communications services to Guangzhou Baiyan International Airport and its adjacent airports.

Brave Technology Coop, the cooperative behind a suite of tools and services that detect accidental overdoses and alert frontline responders, and RapidSOS announced a partnership to reduce the risk of accidental drug overdose fatalities for individuals across the United States.

In a letter to the FCC, Southern Company asked to FCC to refrain from taking any actions that expand unlicensed use of the 6 GHz band until after rigorous testing of unlicensed use has occurred.

Motorola said its fixed solutions are being used by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to provide links for communications systems that help protect the U.S. border. The USCG uses Motorola gear to provide connections for Project Hawkeye in the port of Miami, one of the country's busiest seaports.