Australians and New Zealanders want to share their personal data with emergency services and see them use AI, according to a new study. [ + ]

The method is effective for locating victims buried under debris or soil caused by earthquakes or landslides because sound waves can propagate through them. [ + ]

The 2026 edition of Comms Connect New Zealand will take place in the new Takina Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wellington, from 27–28 May 2026. [ + ]

Public safety and emergency management organisations across New Zealand will soon have access to the emergency-grade Public Safety Network Cellular Services. [ + ]

Leonardo brings decades of global expertise in secure communications, cyber-resilience, emergency services support and mission-critical technologies. [ + ]

Under the legislation, the national mobile carriers will be obliged to provide baseline outdoor mobile voice and SMS coverage across almost the entire continent. [ + ]

All three national mobile networks have increased their coverage footprint and bolstered the availability of 5G over the last 12 months. [ + ]

The ACMA has released its Five-year spectrum outlook (FYSO) 2025–30, providing an overview of technology, market and policy drivers likely to shape spectrum demand over the next five years. [ + ]

Backup is no longer a safety net, but a strategic tool for risk reduction — and the businesses that bounce back fastest are the ones with the strongest recovery posture. [ + ]

On 13 November, a customer using TPG's Lebara phone service on a Samsung device could not make Triple Zero calls on the TPG mobile network. As a result, a person tragically lost their life. [ + ]

Unlike purely optical and radar-based methods, which rely on line of sight, the technology enables drone operations to be detected even in built-up or forested areas. [ + ]

The Etherstack contract is part of the Home Office's plan to transition UK public safety communications to its next-generation Emergency Services Network. [ + ]

Quantum satellites currently beam entangled particles of light from space down to ground stations for ultra-secure communications, but it is also possible to send these signals upward. [ + ]

Unauthorised attackers could remotely manipulate internal user information in LTE core networks — the central infrastructure that manages authentication, internet connectivity, and data transmission for mobile devices. [ + ]

Optus is dealing with the Senate inquiry into September's outage, as well as a new outage linked to the vandalism of a telecommunications tower in the Hunter region. [ + ]