Hytera expands charges of anticompetitive practices against Motorola Solutions

Global LMR Communications Provider Hytera Expands Charges of Anticompetitive Practices Against Motorola Solutions, Alleges Pattern of Misinformation Affecting Dealers and Customers in the USA. Global land mobile radio (LMR) communications company Hytera Communications Corporation Ltd., along with its US subsidiaries, Jersey City, NJ-based PowerTrunk, Inc., Miramar-Fla.-based Hytera America, Inc., and Irvine, Calif.-based Hytera Communications America (West), Inc. (collectively, "Hytera"), today learned that the federal District Court of New Jersey has granted Hytera's request to amend its antitrust complaint against Chicago, Ill.-based Motorola Solutions, Inc. Hytera's amended complaint alleges that in addition to Motorola Solutions' seeking to enforce a monopoly in the US through exclusive dealing arrangements, Motorola Solutions' anticompetitive scheme includes a coordinated campaign of false rumors and misinformation seeking to damage Hytera's standing with dealers and customers. Hytera has added additional claims to its complaint based on New Jersey antitrust law and the federal Lanham Act. Hytera's original complaint, filed on December 4, 2017, alleged that Motorola Solutions is engaging in anticompetitive practices that are unlawful under the federal Sherman and Clayton Antitrust Acts and under the unfair competition laws of California and Florida. Hytera alleged that Motorola Solutions is deliberately and actively foreclosing competition in LMR communications systems to reap billions of dollars on sales of such systems at inflated prices to US customers.

Hytera’s newly amended complaint asserts that Motorola Solutions' effort to maintain exclusivity in the US marketplace for LMR communications solutions is complemented by a campaign to induce fear in dealers and customers. Hytera represents Motorola Solutions' most significant competition in years, notes Hytera in its filing. As a consequence, Motorola Solutions has in 2017 and 2018 resorted to propagating false statements about Hytera's ability to continue selling product in the United States to cast fear, uncertainty, and doubt on Hytera's viability and ability to compete as an LMR supplier. Click: Read More to read the full article that was published on the website of Hytera.

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