Hytera Communications refiled an appeal, and Motorola Solutions refiled a cross-appeal in the ongoing the theft of trade secrets litigation between the two companies.

The Ministry of the Interior of the German federal state of Bavaria awarded a framework contract to Motorola Solutions to deliver up to 55,000 ADVISOR TPG2200 TETRA two-way radio pagers to the federal state’s emergency services.

The state of Florida awarded Federal Engineering a contract to support the upgrade of the Florida Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) following a competitive procurement process.

The Alliance of Telecommunications Industry Solutions’ (ATIS) Next G Alliance released a report presenting the use cases and applications for the future 6G network.

Tyler Technologies acquired Quatred, a systems integrator and solution provider that assists clients with implementing advanced touchless technologies, including barcoding.

TCCA announced the shortlist for its 2022 International Critical Communications Awards (ICCA). The award winners will be presented 21 June in Barcelona.

On April 21, the FCC adopted a further notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). The further notice proposed that commercial mobile service providers that participate in WEA report on key metrics that will help stakeholders develop an understanding of WEA’s end-to-end performance and sought comment on ways to improve WEA’s consistency and the pace at which messages are received. The further notice set deadlines for filing comments and reply comments at 30 and 60 days, respectively, after publication of a summary of the Notice in the Federal Register.

The FCC approved a report and order (R&O) aimed at improving priority services for emergency responders.

A new white paper from SAFECOM and the National Council of Statewide Interoperability Coordinators (NCSWIC) found that LTE is unlikely to replace LMR in the near future. Instead, the report said, the two technologies are likely to merge.

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International received final approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) on May 20, for a newly created American National Standard (ANS).