Chinese two-way-radio company Hytera Communications, whose products are sold in Australia, has admitted conspiring to steal walkie-talkie-related trade secrets from US-headquartered Motorola Solutions.

Hytera Communications Corp. admitted to recruiting and hiring former Motorola Solutions employees and directing them to steal digital mobile radio technology.

Hytera could pay a fine of up to $60 million at sentencing in November. The Shenzhen, China-based company was previously ordered to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in damages in a lawsuit Motorola Solutions filed for stealing trade secrets.

A Chinese telecommunications company admitted in federal court that it conspired to steal mobile radio technology developed by Motorola, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Hytera Communications Corp.