JDSU and Alcatel-Lucent teamed up for RAN/RF testing at Brazil's Maracanã stadium to ensure the 2014 soccer World Cup's mobile coverage met requirements.

A research project testing the efficient use of social media in crisis situations will undergo its second and final test in Finland next month. [ + ]

Motorola Solutions has invested in companies that produce optoelectronic microphone technology and mobile field documentation software used by emergency services personnel. [ + ]

Using CSIRO's 64-metre Parkes radio telescope in eastern Australia, a Swinburne University of Technology researcher has, for the first time, seen a 'fast radio burst' - a short, sharp flash of radio waves from an unknown source - in real time. [ + ]

Mobile video streaming company m-View has been appointed exclusive A/NZ distributor for Fire Cam's body-worn cameras, with trials set to commence with NSW Fire and Rescue, Wilson Security and systems integrator CSG. [ + ]

A study into the economic value of LMR radio spectrum in Australia has found that it provides a benefit of at least $2 billion to the community. [ + ]

The NSW Rural Fire Service has implemented a virtual video collaboration solution to enable seamless, real-time communication between 900 staff across the state as well as thousands of volunteers. [ + ]

When a major mineral resources provider in WA needed to extend its underground comms, it chose RFI to supply and integrate a rebroadcast and combining system using DSP-based repeaters.

Queensland University of Technology researchers are on track to develop the world's first camera-based 'GPS', which is able to work in any weather or terrain, even underground. [ + ]

Firefighters in country Victoria now have access to a digital radio system that puts them in direct communication with dispatch operators in Melbourne.

The transport industry will see a significant disruption - in a good way - from the rapid development of smart radio and capability enhancing apps, argues Motorola Solutions' Steve Crutchfield. [ + ]

ARCIA president Hamish Duff brings us up to date with industry developments, including the ARCIA economic study, a delegation from China, and continuing fruitful engagement with the ACMA. [ + ]

Satellite communications that provided voice, data and tracking were a crucial element in the rescue of passengers stranded aboard a Russian research ship in the Antarctic.

The LMR industry must refocus from its protocol wars and provide its customers with smarter, more efficient and client-focused solutions that include data applications. [ + ]

Broadcast Australia has completed the process of clearing digital television services within the Spectrum Restack Program from the digital dividend band (694-820 MHz) on behalf of the Commonwealth. [ + ]