Articles
A key national resource
The chairman and CEO of the ACMA reviews progress in spectrum management in Australia. [ + ]
Military connections
Intended to bring harmony to military design and procurement, military standard or MIL-STD devices are widely used in the commercial and industrial communication fields. [ + ]
Critical Comms: a new evolution
Radio Comms Asia-Pacific has a new name - Critical Comms - but the same focus on supporting and helping to develop the mission-critical communications industry. [ + ]
More for less: reconfigurable antenna arrays
Researchers in Malaysia have developed reconfigurable antenna technology that could lead to more efficient use of single antennas for multiple purposes. [ + ]
Comms Connect 2013: last chance to register
Australia's leading radio and converged communications event, Comms Connect, will take place next week (20-22 November), and it's not too late to register. [ + ]
Crystal radio: the solution to next-gen comms?
A new type of self-correcting crystal works up to 100 GHz, opening the door for a new generation of devices for advanced communications. [ + ]
Super 'scope work to begin
Australian research organisations are at the head of work to build thousands of dishes and millions of radio wave receptors, linked by high-bandwidth optical fibre. [ + ]
New Zealand 700 MHz auction leaves one lot unsold
Vodafone, 2degrees and Telecom have paid a total of NZ$176 million in the 700 MHz spectrum auction, with one 2x5 MHz block of spectrum unsold. [ + ]
Keeping the 'Orange Roughy' connected
Satellite communications are a crucial part of Australia's ocean-going Antarctic exploration efforts. [ + ]
Keeping a city energised
One of the largest energy companies in Seoul, South Korea, urgently needed to replace its legacy communications control system with a 21st-century solution. [ + ]
Has the Buck Rogers communications era arrived?
A NASA pulsed laser communication system has set a record while making data transmissions to and from the Moon, heralding a day when RF is gone. [ + ]
802.11: speed versus width on 80 MHz channels
When deploying an 802.11ac system, should you go for speed or RF channel width? This article provides the business case for why 802.11ac needs to be deployed on 80 MHz channels rather than 40 MHz. [ + ]
Mobile broadband for public safety
The Australian emergency services sector is pushing the federal government to set aside spectrum for public safety mobile broadband. [ + ]
Safe cities are smart cities
Reliable, robust communications - personal, industrial and governmental - have become an essential part of our society's fabric. Hytera's Peter Clemons argues that this trend will only increase, and that that's a good thing. [ + ]
Tunnel vision: getting New York talking
New York's subway is being outfitted with wireless and public safety comms connectivity, through the efforts of Transit Wireless, majority owned by Australia's BA Infrastructure Group. [ + ]
