A U.K. appeals court set aside freezing orders against Hytera and its U.K. subsidiary that froze the companies’ assets and prevented them from moving them out of the country. In April, the U.K. High Court approved a request from Motorola Solutions for a freezing order that prevented Hytera from moving up to US$345.7 million in assets out of the country.

In 2020, GeoComm worked with the Radcliff (Kentucky) Police Department to review the current state of the geographic information system (GIS) data being used at its emergency communication center (ECC).

GeoComm announced a strategic reorganization to align with its Public Safety Location Intelligence strategy.

Wireless Supply hired Steve Dean, a veteran of the wire and cable industry, as its new vice president (VP) of sales and marketing.

The CBRS Alliance, an industry organization focused on driving the development, commercialization and adoption of OnGo shared spectrum solutions, announced it is expanding its mission to encompass Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) technologies operating in shared spectrum bands around the globe, leveraging its members’ successes in commercializing the Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) band in the United States. To align with this broader objective, the organization is changing its name to the OnGo Alliance.

Airgain acquired privately-held NimbeLink, a leader in cellular industrial internet of things (IoT) solutions and services. The addition of NimbeLink’s embedded modem products and asset tracking solutions is key to Airgain’s ongoing strategy to expand its penetration of the multibillion-dollar industrial IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) markets.

President-elect Joe Biden nominated Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo for the secretary of commerce position. Raimondo must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate once Biden’s term begins.

A recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights found the demand for private LTE market is anticipated to grow at an incremental rate based on increasing adoption of connected devices that require a reliable and secure communications network. Rapid urbanization and industrialization are driving the need for advanced communications technologies that are capable of handling smart logistics and manufacturing.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) joined forces with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA JPL) to develop critical technology that will allow first responders to more accurately locate their team members in burning buildings.

A group of public-safety, critical infrastructure and industry organizations asked a federal appeals court to remand the FCC’s recent order allowing unlicensed use in the 6 GHz band for stronger safeguards against interference to critical microwave links.