{{Short description|Chinese radio manufacturer}}{{Infobox company | name = Hytera | logo = Hytera Logo.svg | logo_size = | image = Hytera Shenzhen Headquarter.jpg | image_caption = Headquarters in Shenzhen | native_name = 海能达 | native_name_lang = zh | type = Public; partly state-owned | traded_as = {{SZSE|002583}} | industry = Telecommunications | key_people = Chen Qingzhou (President) | products = Two-way radios<br />Networking systems | num_employees = 7,000 (2018)<ref name="Company description of Hytera">{{cite web|url=http://www.hytera.de/en/about-hytera/ |title=Hytera - About Hytera |publisher=Hytera.de |access-date=2013-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130601045717/http://www.hytera.de/en/about-hytera/ |archive-date=2013-06-01 }}</ref>{{update inline|date=September 2025}} | founded = 1993 | location = | hq_location_city = Shenzhen | hq_location_country = China | parent = | subsidiaries = Norsat, Sinclair Technologies | website = {{Official URL}} }}{{Infobox Chinese | s = 海能达 | p = Hǎinéngdá }}
'''Hytera''' is a Chinese publicly traded partly state-owned manufacturer of radio transceivers and radio systems founded in Shenzhen, Guangdong in 1993. Hytera is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and is a major contributor to the PDT Standard, which is designed for law enforcement in China.<ref name="PDT Introduction">{{cite web |url=http://www.pdt.org.cn/Html/971/972/989/ |title=Professional Digital Trunking System Industry Association |publisher=Pdt.org.cn |date=2010-11-26 |access-date=2013-04-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104103213/http://www.pdt.org.cn/Html/971/972/989/ |archive-date=2014-01-04 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable (WP:NOTRS).|date=September 2025}} The company is a major supplier to China's Ministry of Public Security.<ref name="Manthorpe2019">{{cite book|author=John Manthorpe|title=Claws of the Panda|date=5 January 2019|publisher=Cormorant Books|isbn=978-1-77086-539-6|page=217}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last= |date=2022-12-08 |title=Canada police suspends contract with China-linked company |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/china/canada-police-suspends-contract-with-china-linked-company-2022-12-08/ |access-date=2022-12-09 |archive-date=2022-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221208225546/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/canada-police-suspends-contract-with-china-linked-company-2022-12-08/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
== Ownership == Shenzhen Investment Holdings, a state-owned enterprise, acquired a stake in the company in September 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cheng |first=Isabella |date=2021-10-11 |title=PRC State-Owned Entity Acquires 10% of Hytera |url=https://ipvm.com/reports/hytera-stake-prc-soe |access-date=2025-09-21 |website=IPVM |language=en}}</ref>
==History== The company's head office is in Shenzhen, China. Hytera's products are developed at three development sites in total.<ref name="Company description of Hytera"/> One of the development sites is located in Bad Münder, Germany. In March 2012 Hytera acquired the German company Rohde & Schwarz Professional Mobile Radio GmbH from the German electronics group Rohde & Schwarz, which is now known as Hytera Mobilfunk.{{citation needed|date=September 2025}}
=== United States === In June 2007, Hytera acquired Marketronics Corporation, now known as Hytera America, Inc., located in Miramar, Florida. In 2019, Hytera and several other Chinese-based companies, including Huawei, were placed on a ban list of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thornberry|first=Mac|date=2018-08-13|title=Text - H.R.5515 - 115th Congress (2017-2018): John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5515/text|access-date=2021-04-22|website=www.congress.gov|archive-date=2018-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010145641/https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5515/text|url-status=live}}</ref> from doing business with U.S. federal agencies due to national security and human rights concerns.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3021888/trump-administration-bans-us-agencies-doing-business-huawei-and|title=US agencies banned from doing business with Huawei and other Chinese firms|last=Xu Klein|first=Jodi|date=2019-08-08|website=South China Morning Post|language=en|access-date=2019-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816205244/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/politics/article/3021888/trump-administration-bans-us-agencies-doing-business-huawei-and|archive-date=2019-08-16|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Swanson |first=Ana |last2=Mozur |first2=Paul |date=2019-10-07 |title=U.S. Blacklists 28 Chinese Entities Over Abuses in Xinjiang |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/us/politics/us-to-blacklist-28-chinese-entities-over-abuses-in-xinjiang.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415030304/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/us/politics/us-to-blacklist-28-chinese-entities-over-abuses-in-xinjiang.html |archive-date=2020-04-15 |access-date=2020-05-10 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-08-11 |title=US ban on Chinese police radio equipment supplier may help Motorola |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/gear/article/3022281/hytera-chinas-biggest-supplier-police-mobile-radio-systems-could-take |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218051645/https://www.scmp.com/tech/gear/article/3022281/hytera-chinas-biggest-supplier-police-mobile-radio-systems-could-take |archive-date=2020-02-18 |access-date=2020-05-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>
On May 27, 2020, Hytera America and Hytera America (West) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy citing ongoing lawsuits brought by Motorola Solutions and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Hytera America Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy|url=https://www.rrmediagroup.com/Features/FeaturesDetails/FID/996|date=2020-05-27|website=RadioResource Media Group|language=en|access-date=2020-05-29|archive-date=2020-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607211811/https://www.rrmediagroup.com/Features/FeaturesDetails/FID/996|url-status=live}}</ref>
On January 12, 2021, Hytera US Inc., a new subsidiary of Hytera's in the U.S., set up following the court procedures, officially began to operate its business.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Hytera sues Motorola for alleged two-way radio monopolisation |url=https://globalcompetitionreview.com/hytera-sues-motorola-alleged-two-way-radio-monopolisation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421113820/https://globalcompetitionreview.com/hytera-sues-motorola-alleged-two-way-radio-monopolisation |archive-date=2021-04-21 |access-date=2021-04-22 |website=globalcompetitionreview.com |language=en}}</ref>
==== Federal ban ==== {{Further|United States sanctions against China}} In March 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) declared that Hytera video surveillance and telecommunications services and equipment "pose an unacceptable risk to U.S. national security."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shepardson |first=David |date=2021-03-13 |title=Five Chinese companies pose threat to U.S. national security: FCC |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-tech-idUSKBN2B42DW |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210312205658/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-tech-idUSKBN2B42DW |archive-date=2021-03-12 |access-date=2021-03-13 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> After President Joe Biden signed into law the Secure Equipment Act of 2021, in November 2022, the FCC banned sales or import of equipment made by Hytera for national security reasons.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bartz |first=Diane |last2=Alper |first2=Alexandra |date=2022-11-25 |title=U.S. bans Huawei, ZTE equipment sales citing national security risk |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-fcc-bans-equipment-sales-imports-zte-huawei-over-national-security-risk-2022-11-25/ |access-date=2022-11-25 |archive-date=2022-11-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125200919/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-fcc-bans-equipment-sales-imports-zte-huawei-over-national-security-risk-2022-11-25/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In March 2025, the FCC opened an investigation into Hytera and other Chinese companies regarding operations in the U.S. in violation of restrictions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shepardson |first=David |date=March 21, 2025 |title=FCC probing if Chinese tech, telecom firms seeking to evade US restrictions |url=https://www.reuters.com/technology/fcc-probing-if-chinese-tech-telecom-firms-seeking-evade-us-restrictions-2025-03-21/ |access-date=March 21, 2025 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
==== Litigation with Motorola ==== The company is the defendant, as well as the plaintiff, in ongoing intellectual property litigation with Motorola Solutions.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Motorola Gets $346M Asset Freeze Against Hytera In UK |url=https://www.law360.com/articles/1267529/motorola-gets-346m-asset-freeze-against-hytera-in-uk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503003133/https://www.law360.com/articles/1267529/motorola-gets-346m-asset-freeze-against-hytera-in-uk |archive-date=2020-05-03 |access-date=2020-05-10 |website=Law360 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=March 10, 2020 |title=Misappropriators Beware: Motorola Court Embraces Extraterritorial Application Of The Defend Trade Secrets Act |url=https://www.natlawreview.com/article/misappropriators-beware-motorola-court-embraces-extraterritorial-application-defend |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200823231836/https://www.natlawreview.com/article/misappropriators-beware-motorola-court-embraces-extraterritorial-application-defend |archive-date=2020-08-23 |access-date=2020-05-10 |website=The National Law Review |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-02-15 |title=Motorola wins US$765 million from Chinese rival over theft of trade secrets |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3050770/motorola-wins-us765-million-chinese-rival-hytera |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305194111/https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3050770/motorola-wins-us765-million-chinese-rival-hytera |archive-date=2020-03-05 |access-date=2020-05-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> Hytera is also a plaintiff of an antitrust lawsuit against Motorola Solutions.<ref name=":0" /> In February 2022, Hytera was criminally indicted in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois under charges of technology theft.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lynch |first=Sarah N. |date=2022-02-07 |title=U.S. charges China's Hytera with conspiring with ex-Motorola staff to steal technology |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-charges-chinese-company-with-conspiring-with-ex-motorola-staff-steal-2022-02-07/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220208005741/https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-charges-chinese-company-with-conspiring-with-ex-motorola-staff-steal-2022-02-07/ |archive-date=2022-02-08 |access-date=2022-02-08 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Vanderford |first=Richard |date=2022-04-28 |title=U.S. Court Names Hytera Employees Charged in Alleged Motorola Trade-Secret Theft |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-court-names-hytera-employees-charged-in-alleged-motorola-trade-secret-theft-11651186349 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430042511/https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-court-names-hytera-employees-charged-in-alleged-motorola-trade-secret-theft-11651186349 |archive-date=2022-04-30 |access-date=2022-04-30 |work=The Wall Street Journal |language=en-US |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> In April 2024, the court ordered the company to immediately stop selling products worldwide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-04-08 |title=Chinese walkie-talkie maker Hytera to appeal against US global sales ban |url=https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3258239/chinese-walkie-talkie-maker-hytera-appeal-against-us-global-sales-ban-sanctions-seen-harsher-action |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240410024905/https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3258239/chinese-walkie-talkie-maker-hytera-appeal-against-us-global-sales-ban-sanctions-seen-harsher-action |archive-date=2024-04-10 |access-date=2024-04-10 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref> An appellate court granted Hytera a stay.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2024-04-17 |title=Hytera Global Sales Ban Stayed By US Appeals Court |url=https://ipvm.com/reports/hytera-ban-appeal |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=IPVM |language=en}}</ref> In January 2025, Hytera pleaded guilty to a single count of criminal conspiracy to steal trade secrets.<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 January 2025 |title=China's Hytera pleads guilty to stealing Motorola trade secrets |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/US-China-tensions/China-s-Hytera-pleads-guilty-to-stealing-Motorola-trade-secrets |access-date=2025-01-15 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en}}</ref>
=== Germany === thumb|Hytera office in Germany The German company BICK Mobilfunk GmbH was founded as an engineering firm in 1980 and was absorbed by Rohde & Schwarz as early as in 1988.<ref name="rohde-schwarz.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/news-press/press-room/press-releases-detailpages/hytera-will-take-over-tetra-specialist-rohde-schwarz-professional-mobile-radio-gmbh-press_releases_detailpage_229356-63135.html|title=Rohde & Schwarz TETRA division take over|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413070752/https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/news-press/press-room/press-releases-detailpages/hytera-will-take-over-tetra-specialist-rohde-schwarz-professional-mobile-radio-gmbh-press_releases_detailpage_229356-63135.html|archive-date=2017-04-13}}</ref> The company put into service the first TETRA system in Germany.<ref>Rohde & Schwarz#Product timeline</ref> The enterprise primarily deals with the development and implementation of trunked radio systems according to the TETRA standard. In 2011 TETRA division was sold to Hytera Communications Co. Ltd.<ref name="rohde-schwarz.com"/>
==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}
==External links== * {{Official website}}
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