In four weeks, the doors to Hall 10.2 in the Congress Centre East of Koelnmesse will open to visitors to the international trade fair PMRExpo. The 22nd edition of Europe’s the professional mobile radio (PMR) show will take place this year from 22 to 24 November.

Tasmania Police were able to successfully test a new encrypted radio system earlier this month, after being granted an early access trial of the Tasmanian Government Radio Network (TasGRN) at the recent T20 Cricket World Cup event in Hobart.

After more than two years of extensive field testing, market research and piloting by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami-Dade County awarded Motorola Solutions a deal worth $165 million over 10 years for its APX NEXT radios.

The new judge in the ongoing theft of trade secrets lawsuit between Hytera Communications and Motorola Solutions proposed a schedule for dealing with two outstanding motions in the trial.

The Norwegian Police Service signed a new agreement with Northcom for the purchase of Sepura TETRA radios for use on the Nødnett emergency services network.

The latest set of Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Plenary electronic meetings (e-meetings) concluded on September 19. The meetings focused on Release 18 (R18) which is currently in progress. R18 will become the inaugural release for 5G Advanced that includes new innovations toward the 5G vision. The plenary e-meetings made solid progress on the study items and work items that form the basis to advance the agreed upon R18 features. The following reports discuss the current status of R18 work.

In recent demonstrations, Lockheed Martin and Verizon flew 5G-enabled drones to capture and securely transfer high-speed, real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data from aircraft in flight to geolocate military targets.

An Illinois judge denied most of a Motorola Solutions petition to dismiss a Hytera Communications lawsuit alleging anticompetitive behavior against it. The judge also partially dismissed two claims in the suit and fully dismissed one claim.

For the 22nd edition of the international trade fair PMRExpo from 22 to 24 November 2022 in Koelnmesse, the diverse conference program has now been published and the ticket shop has been opened at www.pmrexpo.com.

The New South Wales (NSW) Telco Authority has awarded Motorola Solutions a five-year contract extension to support and enhance the state’s Public Safety Network (PSN).