Sherburne County (Minnesota) Sheriff's Office will embed GUARDIAN RF identification (RFID) technology to mitigate risk and improve operational efficiency.

Motorola Solutions filed its sixth lawsuit in the last five months against Hytera Communications as it filed a complaint alleging patent infringement by Hytera Communications of Australia in the Federal Court of Australia.

Motorola Solutions announced plans to buy the North American 9-1-1 and Project 25 (P25) business of Airbus. Airbus’ TETRA business based in Europe is not part of the acquisition.

Thales’s board of directors met 25 July to review the financial statements for the first half of 2017. First-half 2017 order intake amounted to €5.97 billion (US$6.9 billion), up 10 percent compared with the first half of 2016.

Professional communications company Nedaa, a Dubai government security networks provider, signed an agreement with Nokia formally designating Dubai as the headquarters of its Innovation and Creativity Lab.

AiNET was awarded a contract by Prince George's County, Maryland, to run dark fiber to the county public-safety communications radio system, including improved connections to critical transit locations.

Teltronic, a subsidiary of Hytera Communications, was selected to provide a complete TETRA communications solution for the Manila Metro Rail Transit Line 7 in metro Manila, Philippines, a project being developed by SMC Mass Rail Transit 7.

AT&T reported financial results for the second quarter, saying it had strong adjusted earnings growth and margin expansion with lower expenses in the quarter. Executives also offered information on the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) partnership.

Motorola Solutions and Radiocoms Systems announced that Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service in the United Kingdom will deploy 1,000 MOTOTRBO radios and the WAVE 5000 mobile communicator service to connect the Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) system with TETRA technology.

Verizon Wireless asked the FCC to clarify whether a state may deploy a separate network core from the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) if it chooses to opt out of the FirstNet and AT&T state plan.