Hytera Mobilfunk introduced the Partner Enabling Program (PEP) at its dealer conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia 11 April.

Mobile One Australia announced that it ceased trading as of 1 April. Australia-based Rojone purchased the manufacturing and distribution of Mobile One antennas, headsets and Nexus products.

Sepura partners Zenon Digital Radio and Adesal Telecom provided the Onda City Council in Spain with new TETRA digital radios for its police force.

RFI Americas was appointed as the exclusive U.S. master distributor for Wireless Pacific's new X10DR Lite series of mobile wireless microphones.

Barrett Communications supplied high-frequency (HF) radio communications equipment for surveillance boats that operate in the remote and environmentally challenging Aysen región in the south of Chile.

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) and Sepura, part of Hytera Group, signed a contract for Sepura TETRA radios used on the German Agency for Digital Radio of Security Authorities and Organizations (BDBOS) TETRA network following a security review.

BearCom Group announced that Mark Kroh, previously the president, assumed the role of CEO. The change in title is consistent with the initiatives the company instituted two years ago when Kroh joined BearCom, a statement said.

BearCom Group acquired Communications Group Red Deer in Red Deer, Alberta. Terms of the transaction were not announced. BearCom also hired Ken Notter to run the firm’s Canadian business.

AT&T plans to have two carrier-integrated mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) options for First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) subscribers and plans to release a request for proposals (RFP) later this year, said an AT&T executive.

NxGen Communications entered into licensing and distribution agreements as well as equity participation in APPI-Technology SAS of Nimes, France. The letter of intent and subsequent definitive agreements between the parties will allow NxGen to market and distribute APPI products to Central and South America on an exclusive basis, while working with our North American partner channels for sales and distribution to other global markets.