In today’s hyper geo-competitive world, businesses and governments must implement a top down cybersecurity and privacy strategy to eliminate or mitigate threats posed by competitors and adversarial nation-states.

Motorola Solutions acquired Barrett Communications. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Motorola Solutions asked an Illinois district judge to hold Hytera Communications in contempt of court after Hytera failed to make its first court-mandated royalty payment.

Semtech, a leading global supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, and Sierra Wireless, an internet of things (IoT) solutions provider, announced a definitive agreement under which Semtech will acquire all outstanding shares of Sierra Wireless for US$31 per share in an all-cash transaction representing a total enterprise value of approximately US$1.2 billion, subject to customary closing conditions.

Emergency communications centers nationwide are suffering from personnel shortages, which have reached the crisis stage. All may find some relief from workforce optimization.

The First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet Authority) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) division launched its Public-Safety Immersive Test Center in Boulder, Colorado in May.

A variety of industry associations, service providers and user agencies responded to an FCC request for comments on the use of location-based routing for public-safety answering points (PSAPs). Many commenters focused on whether or not the FCC should require providers to provide location-based routing.

Registration for the 7th European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) MCX Plugtests, which will take place in Malaga, Spain, from 7-11 November.

Apple received a patent for a solution intended to help law enforcement perform a “lawful intercept” operation when a target mode may be off network.

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) released a new timeline for the completion of its investigation into Motorola’s dual roles as owner of the Airwave network and a supplier on the Emergency Service Network (ESN).