Over recent years responsibility for fleet safety has shifted from drivers to organisations and even individual managers - making this a growing issue for Australian businesses.

Alcatel-Lucent and PowerTrunk have completed a trial of a TETRA/LMR network with New Jersey Transit in Newark.

The Lachesis vital signs monitor, developed by researchers at UniQuest’s commercialisation collaboration partner, the University of Technology Sydney, has received $70,000 in grants to help take the invention to the global market.

A recent ACMA investigation has identified two people who were unlawfully using a commercial radiofrequency for their own personal communications channel.

ClearCount Medical Solutions has selected NXP RFID to enable its SmartSponge System to detect and account for surgical sponges placed in a patient’s body when undergoing surgery, so that no items are left behind.

Multihop mesh protocols, such as Zigbee, are widely known for their ability to link together low data rate machine-to-machine (M2M) applications. Zigbee, in particular, is targeting itself as the standard bearer for wireless, low-power meshing protocols.

Simoco’s range has gained P25 Compliance Assessment Program approval.

Releasing a product with bugs is potentially very expensive, especially considering the cost of field upgrades, recalls and repairs. Less quantifiable, but at least equally important, is the damage done to reputation and consequent loss of user goodwill.

Previous articles in Radio Comms Asia-Pacific have presented varying views on DMR technology and may have led some readers to believe that DMR is another digital radio ‘flash in the pan’ that has no place in an already busy Australian digital radio landscape.

Once again RadioComms Connect is set to break new ground and set new records when it opens at the Etihad Stadium in November.

Cyber security is a key issue today and rarely out of the headlines. While most public focus relates to the Internet, SCADA engineers and security experts know that cyber terrorism concerns go beyond the Internet to other vectors, such as wireless.

Antennas are the heart of every radio transmitter and receiver. So vital are they that it seems appropriate to look more closely at them. And whether you are experienced in their use or are coming to them for the first time, there is bound to be information here that could be useful.

Fortescue Metals Group (Fortescue) in WA has selected TETRA for its Pilbara mines.

Real-time location systems are used to track and identify objects in real time.

The recent DMR discussion has prompted much-welcomed response from the market and from New Zealand in particular stimulating further debate to how applicable will the various executions of DMR be to the Australian market.