Industry News
Backhaul, August 2015 — the industry 25 and 10 years ago
In July 1990, Kenwood Electronics was hugely expanding its warehousing in Sydney and Philips Radio was winning Australian Design Awards; and in July 2005, P25 radio was just beginning to make its presence felt in the market. [ + ]
ACMA temporary licensing shutdown this month
The ACMA has advised that all apparatus licence processing will be suspended for two weeks from Friday, 14 August to Tuesday, 1 September 2015, so the agency can update its licensing systems. [ + ]
Rohde & Schwarz comms systems for Royal Navy combat ships
Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) has received an order from BAE Systems in the UK to equip the Royal Navy's Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS) with an integrated communications system. [ + ]
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 7 August 2015
Chicago tests LTE real-time video, Public safety LTE market to boom, FBI radio procurement challenged, FCC boss eyes 600 MHz for 5G, SK Telecom to test LTE-M, Elbit wins US$45m comms contract. [ + ]
AFAC15 comes to Adelaide in September
AFAC15 will take place from Tuesday, 1 September through to Friday, 4 September, exploring the theme 'New Directions in Emergency Management'. [ + ]
WA Police selects Motorola dispatch and mobility solution
WA Police has awarded Motorola Solutions an $11 million contract for a computer-aided dispatch and mobility application system. [ + ]
Command and control room/PSAP market research
According to a recently published IHS report, the global market for command and control room technologies and services is projected to exceed US$7 billion by 2019. [ + ]
Motorola and Skyscape join for cloud-based public safety SaaS
Motorola Solutions and Skyscape Cloud Services have partnered to offer smart public safety solutions to UK government agencies through a cloud-delivered software as a service (SaaS) model. [ + ]
Fire & Rescue NSW unit selects GME CB
GME has won a contract to supply its TX675 handheld UHF CB radios to Fire & Rescue NSW Community Fire Units. [ + ]
ACMA enhances spectrum auction capabilities
The ACMA has signed a multiyear contract with US-based Power Auctions for the provision of software for conducting spectrum auctions. [ + ]
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 31 July 2015
Sydney's emergency comms go silent, Tait Academy numbers double, 9-1-1 service goes cloudy, Norway and Russia discuss spectrum, South Korea to test LTE PTT, and FirstNet looking at mobile comms. [ + ]
Cobham opens Singapore office
Cobham Communications and Connectivity has opened a new facility in Singapore to drive further growth of its business activities across the Asia Pacific market. [ + ]
Sensus and BAI launch partnership in digital infrastructure
Sensus and BAI have partnered on a digital infrastructure to enable water utilities to remotely monitor and diagnose problems and pre-emptively prioritise and manage maintenance issues. [ + ]
WGS-7 satellite to provide more military bandwidth
The seventh Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite is now in orbit and will soon provide the US and allied militaries with 17% more secure communications bandwidth than its predecessors, thanks to a payload upgrade. [ + ]
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 24 July 2015
Don't miss Comms Connect Brisbane on 30 July, Microsoft releases open-source SDR, San Francisco's rail radio upgrade, FirstNet plans, local council recognises amateurs, and are you paying too much for your satcoms? [ + ]
