Hytera provided security with professional communications equipment and technical services for a ceremony in honor of the 28th anniversary of the republic of Tajikistan’s independence and the start of operation of the second unit of the Rogun hydroelectric power station 9 September.

Iridium Communications and OneWeb announced a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together toward a combined service offering. This combined service would make it easier for their mutual partners to offer bundling and co-marketing opportunities for the Iridium Certus L-band services and OneWeb’s Ku-band service.

Ericsson said its SEK 500 million Swedish krona (US$51.7 million) transformation of the company’s existing factory in Nanjing, China, concluded. The resulting automated factory stands among the most advanced manufacturing facilities in the industry, the company said.

Intertek, a total quality assurance provider to industries worldwide, was approved by AT&T as a preferred testing and certification laboratory for the AT&T IoT Accelerator Program. Intertek is the first U.S. lab approved as part of this program, which offers pre-negotiated pricing for PCS Type Certification Review Board (PTCRB) and AT&T network certification testing to device makers that want to launch internet of things (IoT) devices on the AT&T network.

Barrett Communications’ high-power high-frequency (HF) systems are upgrading communications at Peru’s Jorge Chavez International Airport.

Iridium Communications was awarded a $738.5 million, seven-year, fixed-price contract with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) through the U.S. Air Force Space Command (AFSpC) to provide unlimited satellite services from its low Earth orbit (LEO) constellation.

TCCA’s Young Engineer of the Year, Angelene Koid from Motorola Solutions Penang research and development center in Malaysia, plans to attend a U.S. conference as a result of her award in the 2019 International Critical Communications Awards.

Avaya Holdings announced its membership in the Industry Council for Emergency Response Technologies (iCERT), an organization that brings together companies involved in emergency communications and response technology.

L3Harris Technologies completed the previously announced sale of the Harris Night Vision business to Elbit Systems of America for $350 million in cash.

Altice Labs 11 September held a simulation at its facilities in Aveiro, Portugal, to test the use of 5G in emergency situations using an experimental network installed in collaboration with Ericsson.