Sonim Technologies partnered with Syndico, a specialist distributor of professional communications, body-worn video and drone solutions. The new partnership will expand the distribution of Sonim's ultra-rugged mobility solutions throughout the United Kingdom.

Technology security solutions integrator Jomtel Telecomunicaciones and Teltronic deployed a new TETRA radio network for Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

Airbus presented the first results and achievements for its consortium solution prototype for the BroadWay project — a pan-European interoperable mobile broadband project for public protection and disaster relief (PPDR) — during the online Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) conference on 19 January.

In courts document, attorneys for Hytera Communications and Motorola Solutions told a district judge that they have not reached agreement on issues surrounding a royalty for Hytera’s continued use of Motorola trade secrets.

The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation announced awards for two collaborative projects totaling $1.5 million to develop advanced homeland security technologies in the areas of threat detection and 3D mapping.

French radio communications specialist ETELM was recognized for its work to help establish a COVID-19 mobile medical facility in Italy. The project, which was a deployment of a mobile laboratory called the Biological Light Field Laboratory for Emergencies (B-LiFE), won at the International Critical Communications Awards 2020 in the category of “Best use of critical communications in public safety.”

Teltronic together with its local partner, Forte Comunicaciones, was selected by various municipalities in the Mexican state of Nuevo León to deploy critical communications networks based on TETRA technology.

An Illinois judge reduced the total amount of damages that Hytera Communications owes Motorola Solutions in a theft of trade secrets case from $764.6 million to $543.7 million.

A U.K. appeals court set aside freezing orders against Hytera and its U.K. subsidiary that froze the companies’ assets and prevented them from moving them out of the country. In April, the U.K. High Court approved a request from Motorola Solutions for a freezing order that prevented Hytera from moving up to US$345.7 million in assets out of the country.

Airbus and its local partners GuangZhou Topcom and Beijing Smart & Speedy signed a contract to provide hybrid communications services to Guangzhou Baiyan International Airport and its adjacent airports.