Rajat and Hitachi Construction Machinery Australia are improving operational safety and productivity through the use of autonomous haulage systems in an Australian coal mine. Hitachi selected Rajant Kinetic Mesh as its industrial wireless network enabling vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications, which allows autonomous vehicles to talk directly to each other, providing enhanced coverage and reliability.

NICE announced results for the first quarter ended March 31. First quarter 2020 total revenues increased 8.9% to $410.4 million compared with $377 million for the first quarter of 2019.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) proposed optimizing and allocating the 850 MHz expansion band and 900 MHz band, using a market-based process in the fourth quarter of 2021, to facilitate the efficient allocation and use of these bands.

Zebra Technologies released study findings that reveal public-safety agencies globally will increasingly adopt mobile technologies to continuously improve workflows and community relations within the next five years.

Integrator AMR Asia appointed Teltronic TETRA provider of the Gold line, an Automatic People Mover (APM) line under construction that will be the first feeder line of the Bangkok, Thailand, rapid transit system operated by BTS.

Organizers of the British Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (BAPCO) said the event, held 10 – 11 March, hosted 1,690 public-safety professionals and more than 70 suppliers. More than 1,922 total visitors attended.

In response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Industry Specification Group “Europe for Privacy-Preserving Pandemic Protection” (ISG E4P) was established to provide a standardization framework to enable developers to build interoperable mobile apps for proximity detection and anonymous identification.

Sierra Wireless reported results for its first quarter ended March 31. Revenue for the first quarter of 2020 was $157.6 million compared with $173.8 million in the first quarter of 2019, a decrease of 9.3%.

Motorola Solutions was awarded a tender for supplying the Israeli government with a new broadband push-to-talk (PTT) communications solution. The company will supply up to 10,000 devices powered with WAVE, Motorola Solutions’ broadband PTT service, allowing government field personnel to communicate across security, logistics and other operational teams.

Altair acquired the WRAP software business from Swedish company WRAP International. WRAP is a world-leading software technology for spectrum management and radio network planning for civil and defense organizations.