A U.K. Home Office official said that the next-generation Emergency Services Network will likely not be delivered until 2026 during a hearing before the U.K. Public Accounts Committee. The Home Office had previously said the transition would likely happen in 2025.

Bittium received a purchase order from the Finnish Defense Forces for system support concerning the Bittium Tactical Wireless IP Network (TAC WIN) and Bittium Tough VoIP systems that are meant for tactical communications.

The Leonardo Global Group, led by Leonardo Australia, has undertaken an internal agreement to work collaboratively in pursuit of the Royal Australian Navy’s SEA 1442 Phase 5 – Maritime Communications Modernization (MCM) Project. The agreement will leverage the incumbency and capabilities delivered to the radio access network (RAN) under SEA 1442 Phase 4 by the Leonardo Global Group individual entities.

At the beginning of the year, Hytera Mobilfunk (HMF) transferred its channel business to a separate company, Hytera Communications Germany, which will continue to exclusively offer Hytera products to its customers.

Monogoto closed $11 million in funding led by Team8, with participation from Telefonica Tech Ventures and Singtel Innov8, as well as Alter Venture Partners, Triventures and Planven Entrepreneur Ventures.

Leonardo signed an agreement for the acquisition of 70% of the share capital of Alea, a company specializing in mission- and business-critical communication software, with the option for a subsequent acquisition of the remaining 30%.

On 2 June, the BroadGNSS project successfully hit the first milestone of its open market consultation (OMC) phase with a successful webinar with interested suppliers.

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) published a white paper titled “MEC Security: Status of Standards Support and Future Evolutions,” which was written by several authors participating in multi-access edge computing (MEC) and other related ETSI groups.

Airbus doubled down on its response to the COVID-19 crisis in India, delivering more than 36 tons of additional medical equipment to the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS) and deploying humanitarian flights to move supplies from abroad as well as within the country.

The Malta Police Force deployed Motorola Solutions’ VB400 body-worn cameras to all frontline officers across the Republic of Malta. The rollout is part of the Malta Police Force’s transformation strategy, which aims to modernize the police force while increasing trust and transparency with the community.