By installing the same dispatch system, three emergency communications centres are preparing to share, access and use each other’s radio resources. [ + ]

Should networks be shared? Research by Analysys Mason shows that European cellular operators think so, but Asia-Pacific operators aren't so sure. [ + ]

Organisations such as utilities companies must take extra steps to secure their SCADA and industrial control systems from cyberattack. [ + ]

With more information flowing between citizens, responders and agencies, it is ultimately intelligence that will help build a safer community. [ + ]

Satellite communications will soon make train travel safer by improving how the networks are controlled in remote areas where ground equipment is too costly. [ + ]

Australia's leading radio and communication conference and exhibition, Comms Connect - being held as a satellite event in Sydney for the first time - is just weeks away. [ + ]

The duress button on a portable radio has become an essential component of public safety communications. But the functionality has not yet made it into every sector. [ + ]

Andy Grimmett, Simoco Group, examines some of the many different PMR/LMR technologies and argues that DMR Tier III is emerging as the dominant PMR/LMR standard. [ + ]

Critical Comms visited the P25 Solution Centre in Sydney to get a first-hand look at the open standards ecosystem in action. [ + ]

A breakthrough known as a 'metasurface lens' may see dish antennas replaced with ones that conform to any surface shape. [ + ]

Technologies such as public safety radio, mobile phones, GPS and the electric power grid rely on the high accuracy of atomic clocks. [ + ]

Against stiff competition, an Australian research institute has won an international award for a Global Sensor Network communications system. [ + ]

Welcome to Backhaul, where in each issue of Critical Comms we’ll take a trip down memory lane and look at the state of the industry 25 and 10 years ago.

Societies that take ownership of critical communications will lay the foundations for strong, resilient, sustainable economies, argues Peter Clemons. [ + ]

ARCIA President Hamish Duff argues that in the competition for resources and ideas, our industry is being left behind. [ + ]