Servicio di Telecomunicacion di Aruba (SETAR), a service provider in Aruba, contracted Rohill to refresh the switching of its Rohill TETRA network. The network for SETAR was installed in 2005 and expanded several times during the past decade. This refreshment includes all switching of its TetraNode system, including TNX’s and server platforms.

PowerTrunk received the 2018 International Critical Communications Awards (ICCA) "best use of critical communications in utilities" award in recognition of its TETRA network project for Diverse Power EMC in the state of Georgia.

A legal battle over Nextel trademarks is underway. Sprint filed a lawsuit against Florida-based Nextel World (NW) and Retrobrands alleging trademark infringement, among other claims, after Retrobrands filed an application seeking to cancel Sprint’s remaining Nextel trademarks.

Motorola Solutions is celebrating its 50th anniversary in Denmark and as the provider of the nationwide TETRA radio system that has been in use by Danish emergency services for more than 10 years.

Rockwell Collins deployed its disaster communications network in the Los Angeles (LA) County area for the LA County Sheriff’s Department to provide a countywide backup communications system for use during man-made or natural disasters.

The Osceola County (Florida) School District and Florida State University (FSU) are implementing Mutualink’s real-time emergency interoperability solution. Leon County, home to FSU’s main campus, is also deploying the technology.

Grant County, Wisconsin, awarded Federal Engineering a contract to evaluate the county’s existing conventional simulcast VHF system and make recommendations for modification, expansion and possibly replacement of the radio infrastructure.

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council (NPSTC) updated its report, “Best Practices for Public Safety Interoperable Communications.”

Mission-critical push to talk (MCPTT) provider Nemergent Solutions joined TCCA. As well as developing MCPTT software products based on open standards, the Nemergent team works alongside integrators and service providers to provide consolidated MCPTT solutions tailored to individual customer needs.

A National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) report describes emission spectrum and time domain measurements of a contraband wireless device microjammer operated temporarily in four commercial mobile radio service (CMRS) bands at a federal correctional institution (FCI) in Cumberland, Maryland. The four jammed CMRS bands were between 730 MHz and 2.155 GHz.