Friday fragments - comms news from around the web for 23 May 2014

A round-up of the week's critical communications and public safety radio news for Friday, 23 May 2014.

Poor radio puts Tassie lives at risk. A report by the Tasmanian Auditor-General says that lives are being put at risk because of interoperability problems between different branches of the state's emergency services.

US county dodging dead zones. FCC narrowbanding rules are being blamed for an increase in radio dead zones in one US county, which is having to spend millions to upgrade its radios.

Brazil's 4G woes. With just months to go before Brazil auctions off its 700 MHz spectrum, a row has broken out over the potential for 4G transmissions to cause interference on television channels.

Tornado warning system failure. A tornado warning system set up to make automatic emergency phone calls and send text messages to 25,000 registered individuals failed to operate when a tornado struck Tuscaloosa on 28 April. An investigation is underway.

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