100 satcom dishes installed on Rural Fire Service buildings

Monday, 15 March, 2021

Satellite dishes to provide NBN connectivity have now been installed on 100 Rural Fire Service building and evacuation centres across Australia under the $37.1 million Strengthening Telecommunications Against Natural Disasters (STAND) package.

The dishes are connected to the NBN’s Sky Muster satellites, which cover all 7.7 million square kilometres of Australia.

You can read more about the STAND package here.

Image courtesy NBN Co.

NSW Police unsuccessful in technology upgrades: report

The Audit Office of NSW has found that the NSW Police did not effectively plan and has not...

Motorola Solutions introduces mission-centric crime centre technology

Motorola Solutions has restructured its crime centre operations system, focusing workflows around...

Airbus brings digital technology to firefighting

Airbus has announced the completion of a trial in forest firefighting involving the digital...

Content from other channels on our network

Why Australia's ransomware spike misses the bigger story

Five changes shaping Australia's AI‍-‍powered enterprises

Kyndryl unveils IT risk detection tool

HPE unveils more autonomous networking capabilities

Anthropic's Claude Mythos: how can security leaders prepare?

HPE unveils more autonomous networking capabilities

When size does matter

NSW Police unsuccessful in technology upgrades: report

Digital Health Agency launches digital health safety course

Charting Australia's path from ambition to regional AI powerhouse

The climate risks of future tech

$1.51m to boost EV charging for apartments

Residents receive electric shocks after wiring error

Stuart Fleming to lead LAPP's Aust Harnessing Division

Making the case for sustainable data centres