A U.S. district judge denied a Hytera Communications motion to dismiss a copyright infringement claim filed against it by Motorola Solutions in an ongoing legal dispute.

Sierra Wireless reported results for its second quarter ended June 30. Revenue for the second quarter of 2019 was $191.4 million compared with $201.9 million in the second quarter of 2018.

Astrid, the Belgian national operator of the radio communications, paging and dispatching networks for emergency and security services, renewed the support and maintenance contract agreements with Airbus-Proximus consortium. The network serves users from all public-safety and security services, along with several utility and transport companies in Belgium.

MXLINK, Airbus’ secure mobile virtual network operator, was selected to provide the government of the state of Querétaro, Mexico, with a fully secure mobile broadband communications platform for its COSMOS security and justice model.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Special Committee EMTEL (emergency communications) released a report studying use cases and communications involving internet of things (IoT) devices in the provision of emergency situations and providing recommendations on standardization requirements that could enhance the safety of these communications.

L3Harris Technologies reported fiscal 2019 fourth-quarter and full-year results for Harris on a standalone basis, as the merger with L3 Technologies was completed June 29.

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) exercised a US$46 million (£36 million) contract option with L3Harris Technologies to provide robotic systems to support domestic explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) missions. This award is an option to the $70 million (£55 million) contract the MOD awarded L3Harris in 2017 for T7 robotic systems for the military’s overseas EOD missions.

Push-to-talk (PTT) technology provider TASSTA joined TCCA, a global association for the critical communications industry. Headquartered in Hanover, Germany, TASSTA also has offices in Brazil, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the United States.

Nokia reported second-quarter financial results, with net sales in the quarter of €5.7 billion (US$6.4 billion) compared with €5.3 billion (US$5.9 billion) in the second quarter of 2018. On a constant currency basis, net sales increased 5%.

The fourth annual Innovation for Crisis Management (I4CM) event, an outcome of the DRIVER+ project, was held in Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 – 13 June with more than 120 participants from 27 different countries. Volunteer management in a crisis situation was a theme, with special attention paid to issues around organized volunteers and psychosocial support to volunteers.