RWE Power, a Germany energy production and generation company, signed a 10-year managed services contract for its existing Sepura TETRA network in Cologne, Germany, marking another decade of collaboration for the two companies.

Motorola Solutions announced it will introduce a suite of public-safety mobile applications with messaging, mapping, push to talk (PTT) and telephony as core software later this year.

Airbus appointed Selim Bouri as the new head of sales and program delivery for the Middle East and Asia Pacific of Secure Land Communications. He will focus on delivering the latest TETRA technology in Asia and the Middle East, targeting new markets and additional regions.

Leonardo provided a communications network for the G7 summit in Taormina, Italy, allowing for the effective coordination of security operations. Security forces protecting the international summit, which will see heads of state and other government officials convene in Taormina, Sicily, May 26 – 27, can use the equipment to rapidly intervene during any crisis, ensuring the summit, local population and surrounding area receive the highest level of protection.

ABI Research predicted that public-safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) will hit the mainstream markets after 2020 as trials and deployments gain momentum across the world. Hardware revenue is expected to increase by 30 percent annually, reaching $540 million in 2025.

International emergency calling associations from the United States and Europe announced their intent to increase cooperation and efforts on international standardization of emergency calling systems.

The government of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, commissioned Leonardo, in collaboration with Telecom Argentina, to install a new TETRA communications network for use by the Policía de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires.

The South Tyrolean Civil Protection Agency in Italy went live with a system upgrade and expansion to its integrated command-and-control center. The agency worked with Hexagon and Frequentis to upgrade and integrate its Frequentis communications platform with Hexagon’s CAD system.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) Technical Committee for Reconfigurable Radio Systems (TC RRS) announced the completion of the specification for the support of licensed shared access (LSA). This provides a means to enable spectrum-sharing coordination between LSA licensees and existing spectrum licensees, ensuring quality of service (QoS).

Trilogy International Partners announced that its New Zealand subsidiary, 2degrees, filed a joint proposal with Vodafone and Spark to improve broadband and mobile services in rural New Zealand.