Airbus has started a developer program for certified accessories to enlarge the ecosystem for the Tactilon Dabat. Companies that intend to develop specialized equipment for the hybrid Android smartphone and TETRA radio can now apply for registration.

Northumberland County, Virginia, chose Federal Engineering to evaluate and assess the county’s public-safety radio and paging communications systems.

Heathrow Airport signed an outsourcing agreement with SITA for management of the airport’s vast communications network into a smarter, automated service.

Airbus announced it will enroll the Tactilon Dabat, its hybrid TETRA radio and smartphone, for certification on the German Federal Agency for Public Safety Digital Radio (BDBOS) network.

The Polizei Bayern opened its first operations center in mid-September at its headquarters in central Franconia in Nuremberg. The communications system includes the Frequentis platform, digital radio connections and the newly developed AudioHub.

G4S, a leading global integrated security company, awarded Motorola Solutions a 10-year contract to deliver the U.K.’s first cloud-based, integrated CommandCentral Control Room Solution (CRS) to Lincolnshire Police.

Airspan Networks announced the acquisition of Mimosa Networks. A statement said Mimosa’s capabilities and innovation in wireless broadband point-to-point and point-to-multipoint networks strengthens Airspan’s position in mobile 4G/5G network densification.

The Central Procurement Office of Schleswig-Holstein AöR (GMSH – Gebäudemanagement Schleswig-Holstein) contracted Motorola Solutions to provide new mission-critical radio solutions for police.

Motorola Solutions will demonstrate its push-to-talk (PTT) services to Australian public-safety agencies and businesses at Comms Connect Melbourne this week. Specifically, the company is demonstrating technology based on the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Release 13 standard mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT).

BearCom Group acquired two Colorado mobile communications business, Wireless Advanced Communications (WAC) and QDS Communications. Terms of the transactions were not announced.