Chicago-based consulting firm DevMynd has received investment funding from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital to investigate innovation opportunities in public safety and commercial communications. [ + ]

Two electric motorbikes undertaking an 80-day around-the-world journey have been equipped with vehicle communication technology designed by Australian company Cohda Wireless. [ + ]

Barrett Communications has signed a contract with the National Defence Force of an east African nation that will result in the supply of tactical high-frequency radiocommunications systems. [ + ]

A two-way radio system by Motorola Solutions and Spark will enable the New Zealand Fire Service to stay connected to their colleagues in the field. [ + ]

Airbus Defence and Space has collaborated with CSL to modernise the TETRA network of CLP Power Hong Kong Ltd. [ + ]

An emergency telephone installed at a dangerous rock fishing spot in Western Australia is expected to improve emergency response times and potentially save lives. [ + ]

Tests with providers Ericsson, Huawei, Nokia and ZTE have shown that multiservice train communications, including critical rail control data, can be delivered over one LTE network. [ + ]

General Dynamics Mission Systems has been awarded a contract modification by the US Navy to improve HF communications for the Navy's four-channel, AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radios. [ + ]

In its report into a fatal boating accident in 2015, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has reiterated its call for vessels to carry EPIRBs. [ + ]

Navarino will bring more than 1200 vessels to the Fleet Xpress service over a six-year period, after entering into an agreement with Inmarsat. [ + ]

Dubai's Nedaa has signed a renewed five-year agreement with Dubai Metro network operator Serco for the provision of its TETRA communications system. [ + ]

Hytera was been awarded a four-year contract to supply and maintain local and long-distance radiocommunications systems to European Union delegations worldwide. [ + ]

New Zealand's Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) has suspended the fourth round of 3.5 GHz allocation and established a technical working group for the replanning of the band. [ + ]

Celliboost has developed a stand-alone system that uses ordinary mobile infrastructure for fast transmission of large-volume, landline-quality data, audio and video. [ + ]

Criminal suspects on the run could now be convicted more easily, following collaboration between Airbus Defence and Space and Facewatch on new radio support applications. [ + ]