Mobile Communications America, (MCA), Motorola Solutions’ largest channel partner in the Southeast region, completed the acquisition of Myrtle Beach Communications (MBC). Financial details were not released.

Motorola Solutions and Panasonic are two of the companies participating in the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) dealer program announced this week.

AT&T launched a First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) dealer program with an initial 20 to 30 companies. Select dealers and AT&T Alliance Channel providers can sell FirstNet service.

Iridium Communications announced that COMSAT, Gilat Telecom, Globecomm, MetOcean Telematics, NSSLGlobal, Trace Systems and Wireless Innovation, were added as Iridium Certus service providers for land-mobile applications. The addition of these seven companies brings the total number of service providers for land-mobile applications to 20

Nationwide two-way radio distributor BearCom Group continued its buying spree, acquiring EMCO Communications located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Battery monitoring firm BTECH signed a distribution agreement with Navair Technologies to enhance its public safety, wireless and infrastructure solutions offering

Basecamp Connect (BCC) signed a distribution agreement with Navair Technologies to enhance its public-safety offering. BCC is a rapidly deployable communications solution that creates a local network, interconnects radios and automates network failovers to provide phone, internet and radio interoperability.

pdvWireless reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year end results for the period ended March 31 and said it would lay off 20 percent of its staff.

Seven additional service providers signed agreements to provide the Iridium Certus service for maritime applications. Globecomm, Network Innovations, Pivotel, MVS USA, IEC-Telecom, MetOcean and Samsan Enterprise now will offer Iridium’s next-generation L-band broadband service.

BearCom announced the acquisition of Spectrum Communications, a distributor with six locations in Ontario. This transaction extends BearCom’s presence throughout Ontario, which began with the acquisition of Mobile Business Communications early in 2018.