Industry News
Norwegian pipe facility goes with Sepura TETRA
Sepura has supplied a TETRA system to the Subsea 7 North Sea Spoolbase in Vigra, Norway, comprising TETRA infrastructure, STP9000 hand-portable radios and a dispatcher solution. [ + ]
Zetron integrates AcomNOVUS with Airbus VESTA P25
Zetron and Airbus DS Communications have announced the successful integration of Zetron's AcomNOVUS dispatch console system with the Airbus VESTA Radio P25 network solution. [ + ]
Donation helps St John Ambulance with comms
The St John Ambulance (Qld) Toowoomba Division has received more than $5300 from the Community Benefit Fund to purchase vital radiocommunications equipment. [ + ]
Codan wins US$1.1m contract for its Stratus Network
Codan Radio Communications, the US division of Codan Limited, has been awarded a US$1.1 million contract to supply its Stratus Network to an undisclosed US government agency. [ + ]
Ambulance Tasmania fixes comm centre power problems
Equipment identified as being involved in a power outage at the Ambulance Tasmania communications centre in July and a further partial outage last week has been replaced. [ + ]
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 14 August 2015
This week: The importance of interoperability, secret WWII listening base, seeing through walls with Wi-Fi, Silver Lake invests in Motorola, EPIRB saved lives in Qld boating accident, Taiwan jumps into 5G research, and Europe in LTE slow lane. [ + ]
Sepura chairman to step down
John Hughes will step down as chairman of the board of Sepura on 7 September after five years at the helm, to be succeeded by Russell King. [ + ]
Polish power utility selects Motorola TETRA for digital upgrade
One of Poland's largest power distribution companies, ENERGA-OPERATOR SA, has chosen Motorola Solutions' TETRA technology to migrate its communications to digital. [ + ]
EnerSys acquires Melbourne-based ICS Industries
EnerSys, a stored-energy solutions company, has acquired Melbourne-based ICS Industries, resulting in a larger reserve power, site solutions, field services and motive power business in Australia. [ + ]
Lapsley, Smart step down from APCOA
APCO Australasia has announced the resignation of two key thought leaders and APCOA directors, Craig Lapsley and James Smart. [ + ]
NPSTC issues response to FirstNet draft RFP
The biggest challenge for FirstNet's national public safety broadband network is the need to balance the procurement process against the flexibility to adjust policies and operational requirements, said NPSTC. [ + ]
Des Bahr steps down from APCOA top job
Des Bahr has resigned from his part-time position as CEO of APCO Australasia to take on a full-time position as president of the National Safety Agency. [ + ]
Monthly spectrum update from RSM New Zealand
RSM New Zealand has announced several small updates to spectrum regulations and detailed another conviction for illegal use of RF dog tracking equipment. [ + ]
Backhaul, August 2015 — the industry 25 and 10 years ago
In July 1990, Kenwood Electronics was hugely expanding its warehousing in Sydney and Philips Radio was winning Australian Design Awards; and in July 2005, P25 radio was just beginning to make its presence felt in the market. [ + ]
ACMA temporary licensing shutdown this month
The ACMA has advised that all apparatus licence processing will be suspended for two weeks from Friday, 14 August to Tuesday, 1 September 2015, so the agency can update its licensing systems. [ + ]