Sepura, in partnership with Hytera subsidiary Teltronic, was awarded a contract by the authority of the state of Goiás, Brazil, to supply TETRA radios to the local police forces.

Norway is moving forward with a governmental decision process to roll out mission-critical broadband services in the country with a population of 5.3 million.

Public-safety software firm Mark43 partnered with Callyo, a mobile law enforcement software as a service (SaaS) company.

Motorola Solutions asked an Illinois court to dismiss an anticompetitive practices lawsuit brought against it by Hytera Communications for lack of standing.

The Western Australia Police (WAPOL) is deploying 4,184 Axon Body 2 cameras as well as the Axon digital evidence management system.

The Swedish Police chose Sepura TETRA terminals, supplied through regional partner Swedish Radio Supply, to refresh the national police fleet radios. The new agreement confirms that deployment will begin in May, with the radios supported for two years with possible future extensions.

The Land Mobile Communications Council (LMCC) submitted an updated interference contour matrix based on F(50/10) curves in response to the FCC’s October report and order (R&O) with updated Part 90 rules.

A demonstration of the LTE4PMR solution using realistic conditions took place in the national training center of the French gendarmerie national in Saint-Astier, near the city of Périgueux in southwestern France. The demonstration proved that police officers can transmit encrypted multimedia information through a new Long Term Evolution (LTE) system.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) launched a nationwide survey on public-safety communications technology and is seeking input from first responders.

The Polish Prison Service selected Motorola Solutions’ local partners Aksel and Siltec in a tender by the Polish Prison Service to fulfill a public contract to modernize its communications system.