Motorola Solutions has announced it is opening a new R&D centre in Cork, Ireland, focused on designing software for the company’s comprehensive land mobile radio (LMR) portfolio.

The US multinational telecommunications company builds technology solutions for mission-critical communications. It is credited with building the first car radio, was involved in the Apollo missions and was responsible for bringing broadband applications to a two-way radio.

Over the past decade Motorola Solutions has invested over $12bn in R&D to build technologies centred on safety and security. LMR systems have become a core focus of this technology portfolio.

LMR systems – which encompass both analog and digital radios – provide reliable, secure and immediate communication. Governments, emergency responders, law enforcement, utility companies and other sectors rely on its 13,000 LMR networks worldwide for secure and reliable communications.

The company’s new R&D centre based in Cork is part of its plan...