Hytera signed a new contract worth US$30 million to provide the entire integrated communications solutions with systems, equipment, terminals and services for Shenzhen Metro Line 12 in Shenzhen, China.

Verizon and AT&T said that their wireless communications networks in the Louisiana area have returned to mostly normal operation following Hurricane Ida.

The Verizon Response Team arrived in Southeastern Louisiana Aug. 30 to deliver Verizon Frontline technology to first responders conducting search and rescue (SAR) and disaster response operations in some of the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Ida.

Carriers in the Louisiana area are continuing to work on restoring their communications networks that were knocked out by Hurricane Ida earlier this week.

Versaterm Public Safety acquired JusticeTrax, a developer of laboratory information management systems (LIMS). With this acquisition, Versaterm extends its platform capabilities to include forensic science operations which currently support more than 100 law enforcement agencies across North America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Australia.

In a drive to enhance public-safety agency communications, Systel, a French and U.K.-based provider of communications systems and products to civil security forces, and mission-critical communications (MCX/MCC) solutions enabler Softil, announced that Softil’s BEEHD technology will be used to upgrade Systel’s control room solutions to connect to the U.K.’s Emergency Service Network’s (ESN’s) mission-critical services (MCX) network.

HAAS Alert closed $5 million in investment capital. The funding, which will support the expansion of its Safety Cloud product across the country, was led by R^2 and Blu Ventures and was joined by TechNexus, Stacked Capital, UrbanUs, Techstars, Ride Ventures, and Gramercy Fund.

AT&T and Verizon said that Hurricane Ida has impacted their networks in areas of Louisiana.

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced the establishment of two broadband-focused offices: the Office of Internet Connectivity and Growth (OICG) and the Office of Minority Broadband Initiative (OMBI).

Samsung announced that it expects to release a Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) standards based interworking function that enables interoperability between public-safety LTE networks and legacy LMR networks by the end of the year.