Inmarsat and Actility will deliver an integrated solution for IoT, connecting objects deployed anywhere on the planet, even in the most remote and hostile locations. [ + ]

NZ radio tower demolished, tower climber safety workshop, calls centres to consolidate, US and Mexico talk border spectrum, AT&T testing 5G, military comms vendor survey. [ + ]

Time is running out to submit proposals for papers to be presented at Comms Connect Sydney, with the deadline of Friday, 26 February rapidly approaching. [ + ]

Damm Cellular Systems has announced it has terminated its exclusive agreement with Sepura for the marketing and sales of DAMM products in the US and Canada. [ + ]

ACMA is holding a free 400/803–960 MHz band tune-up event on 11 March 2016 in Sydney that will look at the transition requirements for milestones two and three. [ + ]

German Federal security forces will be kitted out with the smallest TETRA handheld radios currently available in the world. [ + ]

Inmarsat has joined the LoRa Alliance to provide IoT connectivity while contributing to the development of a global standard. [ + ]

This week: Comms Connect in 2016, US$1.3m in free radios, White House comms need upgrading, Codan expands Dubai office, and emergency radio not used during emergency. [ + ]

Optus, Telstra, TPG and Vodafone have all emerged winners in the auction for 1800 MHz band spectrum, together spending over $500 million in a bid to secure regional licences. [ + ]

Ericsson will continue to manage the Tasmanian emergency services radio network for the next four years. [ + ]

Tait Communications has appointed Ross Spearman as its new chief technology officer (CTO), replacing Trevor Laughton, who will take over as general manager. [ + ]

The spectrum available in New Zealand for short range devices (SRDs) has increased by an additional bandwidth of 6 MHz in the 900 MHz ISM band. [ + ]

Take a trip down memory lane as we look at what was happening in the critical communications field 25 and 10 years ago. [ + ]

ICT technologies for disaster management featured heavily on the agenda at GET 2016, ITU's Second Global Forum on Emergency Telecommunications in Kuwait City. [ + ]

Airbus Defence and Space has landed a major contract to maintain Hungary's Tetra network over the next five years. [ + ]