The Australian Patent Office issued a new patent for Locus’ DiagnostX technology.

The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) selected the S.M. Group International (SMi), Télécommunications Grimard and PowerTrunk, part of the Sepura Group, to supply and install a new, state of the art TETRA radio and voice recording system for its subway operations across its network. SMi and Grimard will provide the installation and system integration services, while PowerTrunk will supply the TETRA network infrastructure and radio dispatch solution.

Airbus provided reliable and secure radio communications technology to protect the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing. Twenty heads of state and 1,200 high-level participants from international organizations gathered the last two days to discuss economic development and cooperation in Asia. The Chinese capital’s JustTop mission-critical radio network for police and rescue services, based on Airbus TETRA technology, contributed to the conference’s success.

Hytera Communications said it expects its acquisition of Sepura to close on 24 May. The acquisition had been held up by reviews by several European governments.

As the TETRA industry heads to Hong Kong this week for Critical Communications World (CCW), suppliers continue to innovate and release new products and services to help mission-critical communications users do their jobs safely and reliably.

Airbus signed two new contracts to deliver TETRA communications systems to metro lines in China. The company will provide technology for the metro line 11 in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in central China, and metro line 2 of Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian province on the southeast coast of China.

Harris received a contract to supply a multistate, integrated, critical communications system to one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S. The contract was received during the fourth quarter of Harris' fiscal 2017.

The FCC requested comment on a request for waiver filed by Icom America to permit the manufacture, importation, sale and installation of its medium frequency/high frequency (MF/HF) digital selective calling (DSC) radio Model IC-M802.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) submitted a report to Congress that details current and emerging threats to the federal government’s use of mobile devices and recommends security improvements within the mobile device ecosystem.

The Mexican Red Cross donated a digital communications solution by Motorola Solutions for the medical unit in Cancun to reinforce the unit's emergency and rescue work in the area.