oneM2M, the global standards body for the internet of things (IoT), appointed a new chair and regional vice chair of Asia for its marketing and communications committee, as it continues to expand its presence in global IoT standardization.

Frequentis was selected for phase two of the modernization and standardization of control center technology program MVL for the police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW). NRW police selected the Frequentis multimedia communications platform to meet the requirements for future emergency call and broadband radio communications.

Hytera Mobilfunk won an invitation to tender from the National Police in Peru to optimize the safety-critical communications of the emergency services.

A 5G demo center for testing promising technologies and city services is to be set up in Moscow. The center will be accessible for both Russian and foreign companies.

Nina Myren of the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB) was elected to TCCA’s board during Critical Communications World in June. Myren is senior advisor, strategy, at DSB’s department of emergency communications.

Spanish cloud computing services provider Arsys and Teltronic signed an agreement to promote telecommunications services on the cloud in the Spanish and Portuguese markets.

The 19th PMRExpo takes place on 26 – 28 November in Cologne, Germany. More than 4,300 visitors from across the globe are expected at PMRExpo 2019.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) proposed a new transmitter and receiver license type, referred to as the area-wide apparatus license (AWL) type.

SatADSL, in support of the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM), equipped its sub office in Baga Sola in Chad’s Lake Region with a T11N satellite to monitor the displacement people.

Inmarsat plans to introduce two new satellite payloads dedicated to the Arctic region in a partnership with Space Norway and its subsidiary Space Norway HEOSAT.