Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 7 August 2015
07 August, 2015Chicago tests LTE real-time video, Public safety LTE market to boom, FBI radio procurement challenged, FCC boss eyes 600 MHz for 5G, SK Telecom to test LTE-M, Elbit wins US$45m comms contract.
ACMA temporary licensing shutdown this month
07 August, 2015The 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.
AFAC15 comes to Adelaide in September
07 August, 2015AFAC15 will take place from Tuesday, 1 September through to Friday, 4 September, exploring the theme 'New Directions in Emergency Management'.
Command and control room/PSAP market research
04 August, 2015According to a recently published IHS report, the global market for command and control room technologies and services is projected to exceed US$7 billion by 2019.
ACMA enhances spectrum auction capabilities
03 August, 2015The ACMA has signed a multiyear contract with US-based Power Auctions for the provision of software for conducting spectrum auctions.
Danger in the air? — Radio waves and cancer
03 August, 2015A study on the metabolic effects of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation in living cells has concluded that a metabolic imbalance caused by radiation from wireless devices could be the link to a number of health risks.
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 31 July 2015
31 July, 2015Sydney's emergency comms go silent, Tait Academy numbers double, 9-1-1 service goes cloudy, Norway and Russia discuss spectrum, South Korea to test LTE PTT, and FirstNet looking at mobile comms.
Cobham opens Singapore office
30 July, 2015 | Supplied by: Cobham Communications and ConnectivityCobham Communications and Connectivity has opened a new facility in Singapore to drive further growth of its business activities across the Asia Pacific market.
Sensus and BAI launch partnership in digital infrastructure
30 July, 2015Sensus and BAI have partnered on a digital infrastructure to enable water utilities to remotely monitor and diagnose problems and pre-emptively prioritise and manage maintenance issues.
PSMB is not the end state
30 July, 2015 by Deborah Weiss, CIO, ESTAThe value of public safety mobile broadband will not be in the network but in how it will be used to improve the service delivered to the community and the safety of officers in the field, says ESTA's Deborah Weiss.
Acting before the comms crisis hits
30 July, 2015 by Hamish Duff, President, ARCIAImproved planning and coordination between government departments and authorities will result in better radio communications infrastructure and a more viable sector, says ARCIA's Hamish Duff.
Smaller and smarter antennas
27 July, 2015Inspired by the directional hearing of a tiny fly, one scientist is exploring how to make compact, powerful antennas for transmitting jamming signals in an electronic attack and how to develop better antennas for finding the source of a hostile signal.
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 24 July 2015
24 July, 2015Don't miss Comms Connect Brisbane on 30 July, Microsoft releases open-source SDR, San Francisco's rail radio upgrade, FirstNet plans, local council recognises amateurs, and are you paying too much for your satcoms?
US agencies seek partners for communications test bed
23 July, 2015The US Public Safety Communications Research program is signing up a new round of industry collaborators for the test bed used to evaluate advanced broadband equipment and software for emergency first responders.
ESA and Inmarsat partner for mobile satcom research
23 July, 2015ESA and Inmarsat have signed an agreement worth around €4.2m for research into identifying new technologies for the next generation of space-enabled communications services.
