SIP (session initiated protocol) technology, developed for IP communications, has moved radio communications from being an isolated system to being truly unified with the broader communications infrastructure allowing for communications between digital and analog radio, PBX, mobile phones, computers and more.

The ACMA’s field operations section has many responsibilities, including the role of identifying and resolving interference to radiocommunications services. Recently, the team received notice of interference to the new 6.8 km CLEM7 tunnel in Brisbane. An ACMA team was assembled to investigate the issue.

Increasing complexity has long been a major embedded systems developer concern. Some industries have seen this trend earlier than others but it appears none will escape the trend. It is just a matter of time until this is a concern across every market segment.

Cumberland County, Tennessee’s PlantCML COR^P25 land mobile radio network in the US includes a Zetron Advanced Communication radio dispatch system. It is providing the county with improved 9-1-1 emergency dispatch functionality and better radio coverage and interoperability among the public safety agencies it serves.

I keep on saying it and now I’m going to say it again - RadioComms Connect was the busiest, the biggest and the best in its relatively brief four-year history. From small beginnings it has grown to last year’s size that even forced onto the concourse of the stadium two companies. But they didn’t seem to worry as people passed to and from on their way to the presentations.

Traditionally, the basic mobile communication requirements of underground mines have been analog two-way voice radios and low-speed data links. With the tremendous development of open standard data communication products, safety and monitoring systems and protocols for wired and wireless applications, TCP/IP and 802.11 are now the de facto standards. These standards have paved the road for the realisation of the mines’ high-speed communications systems.

Radio Communications Solutions is a professional sales and service two-way radio company that has been servicing central and northern Queensland since 1999. It offers a range of products and sells and services most major brands, including Motorola, Icom, Tait, GME and Uniden.

The ACMA has released details of forthcoming changes to the 400 MHz band following its extensive review. These changes are likely to affect operations of two-way radios, and the Australian Radio Communications Industry Association (ARCIA) has issued a statement that, it says, clarifies some of the points raised by the authority. Headed ‘ACMA changes to radio licences’, the statement goes on:

In a move to improve system reliability and flexibility, while providing a platform for mobile data capability, KiwiRail, the organisation responsible for managing New Zealand’s rail network, has begun a major upgrade to the nationwide radio system used to help the safe movement of trains and track workers around the country.

Just sometimes, the market experts can urge the market to follow an ideal which may just take a few over the cliff of reason.

Over two full days, this year’s RadioComms Connect promises to be bigger and better than ever with almost 50 exhibitors, 250 to 300 delegates expected to attend and a gala dinner likely to attract 400.

A Coronis wireless smart data platform for remotely monitoring data collection, being used by Australian company Halytech, has incorporated a Wavecard into its Spider, which is a GSM/GPRS modem concentrator operating at 433 MHz. The company specialises in the design and manufacture of data logging, remote monitoring and control instruments using wires and wireless technology.

Since its incorporation in 2007, the Australian Radio Communications Industry Association (ARCIA) has worked hard to bring the industry together, to focus on common initiatives and issues that will strengthen the industry and prepare it for future growth and increasing demand for business-essential communications.

Since early 2008, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has been undertaking a review of arrangements for the radiofrequency spectrum in the range 403-520 MHz (the 400 MHz band).

New technology by La Trobe University, to have cars and trains ‘talking’ to each other, could save an average of 37 lives every year and an estimated 100 million dollars, by eliminating rail crossing collisions, especially in rural and regional Australia.