Hundreds of industry professionals gathered at Olympic Park in Sydney for two days of top-level presentations and workshops, and to visit the packed and busy expo hall. [ + ]

Keysight Technologies has announced indium phosphide chipsets that will usher a new series of oscilloscopes with bandwidths greater than 100 GHz and lower noise floors. [ + ]

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project has standardised three low-power, wide-area (LPWA) technologies in licensed spectrum in Release 13. [ + ]

A refreshed paging system for emergency services volunteers in Belgium will ensure continuity for the 2.3 million messages sent every year. [ + ]

Since oilfields tend to be in remote — even hostile — locations, robust and resilient communications act as a lifeline, as this technical article from Tait Communications explains. [ + ]

Don't miss Comms Connect Sydney next week — two days of industry presentations, case studies, workshops and a bustling exhibition floor packed with the latest technologies. [ + ]

Seven major communications firms have joined forces to become one of the bidders for the USA's national public safety broadband LTE communications network. [ + ]

Gone are the days of 'octopus operators' controlling multiple radios, as Geraldton's Volunteer Marine Rescue station upgrades its dispatch system. [ + ]

How are emergency services using social media and other digital technologies to respond to incidents? To find out, we spoke with Crest Advisory's Caroline Milligan. [ + ]

CSE Australia has received official accreditation from Airbus Defence and Space, recognising its employees' high level of skills in the field of PMR. [ + ]

Satellite radar data has been sent down to Earth via a 35,000 km, 600 Mbps laser link to a relay satellite. [ + ]

A joint Huawei and HIS white paper looks at trends in private LTE network development and makes recommendations for the deployment of LTE-based public safety networks. [ + ]

Singapore Technologies Electronics and Motorola Solutions have joined forces to develop technologies for advanced secured communications in the public safety, national security and enterprise sectors. [ + ]

Ahead of his presentation at Comms Connect Sydney, we spoke with Jan Thompson, Global Head of Safety and Security for Ericsson, to find out where the company is heading in the public safety sector. [ + ]

A word of caution: if you find security flaws in your local police radio network, be careful how you approach them. One Slovenian researcher has found out the hard way. [ + ]