Following the unprecedented economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many future investment strategies for upgrading communications technology in the transport and logistics sector will have had their brakes put on. However, the reopening of the economy when individuals will once again be able to travel safely, and when global supply chains can get back up and running to pre-pandemic levels, will be a time to consolidate, not stand still.

A new digital radio system from Motorola Solutions is helping New Zealand’s City Forests to work more safely and efficiently while complying with COVID-19 work requirements.

Airbus signed three new contracts to provide TETRA technology, equipment and terminals to three new metro lines in the cities of Foshan, Shenzen and Zhengzhou in China.

Pro-M, the operator of the Hungary’s public-safety network, and Hytera Mobilfunk (HMF) tested a multicell, mission-critical LTE network.

Swissphone will acquire instaSOLUTION, an operator of cloud-based event management platforms, on July 15.

Etelm was selected as part of the INTEPID project consortium, which was awarded 6.8 million euros by the European Commission to create an innovative new platform for the safer and faster exploration and assessment of disaster zones.

June 28 marked the official end of the solution prototype phase of the BroadWay precommercial procurement (PCP), with the notification of end of phase two results to the three competing consortia: Airbus, Frequentis and Leonardo.

Christopher E. Kubasik succeeded William M. Brown as CEO of L3Harris Technologies, becoming the second CEO in its history as a combined company. The planned transition was first announced in October 2018 as part of L3Harris’ merger of equals and has been unanimously re-affirmed by the board of directors.

Damm announced that it is launching a joint venture in India, called DAMM India, with Indian channel partner Consort Digital.

The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is consulting on whether to launch a market investigation into Motorola Solutions’ Airwave network, which is currently used by all emergency services in the U.K.