Hytera Communications said it expects its acquisition of Sepura to close on 24 May. The acquisition had been held up by reviews by several European governments.

As the TETRA industry heads to Hong Kong this week for Critical Communications World (CCW), suppliers continue to innovate and release new products and services to help mission-critical communications users do their jobs safely and reliably.

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) warned of a widely reported ransomware attack affecting both private- and public-sector enterprises in multiple countries.

The Utilities Technology Council (UTC) board of directors approved new officers for the 2017 – 2018 board-year.

Airbus signed two new contracts to deliver TETRA communications systems to metro lines in China. The company will provide technology for the metro line 11 in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China, and metro line 2 of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province on the southeast coast of China.

President Donald Trump signed a cybersecurity executive order that “reaffirms the important role the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plays in strengthening the security and resilience of federal networks and the nation’s critical infrastructure.”

Harris received a contract to supply a multistate, integrated, critical communications system to one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S. The contract was received during the fourth quarter of Harris' fiscal 2017.

Salt River Project (SRP) selected MiMOMax Wireless as its preferred vendor for its system engineering, design and supply of SRP’s 700 MHz wireless field area network (FAN).

PTC-220 said in its construction progress report to the FCC that it has continued to focus on resolving the final spectrum issues along the Northeast Corridor but it needs the FCC’s help to resolve the situation. PTC-220 is comprised of the nation’s largest freight rail companies working to deploy positive train control (PTC).

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) will stage a weeklong event devoted to cybersecurity. Many cybersecurity experts from around the world will participate in the 2017 ETSI Security Week 12 – 16 June at the organization’s headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, southern France.