Industry News
Better location information for mobile calls to Triple Zero
Emergency services organisations can now obtain automatic access to improved information about the location of Australians who dial Triple Zero (000) seeking help from a mobile. [ + ]
Firefighters' portable radios may fail at high temperatures
Tests show that portable radios used by firefighters can fail to operate properly within 15 minutes when exposed to temperatures that may be encountered during firefighting activities. [ + ]
Investigation report gives FirstNet rap over knuckles
A report from the US Department of Commerce's Office of Inspector General into practices at FirstNet has found substantial deficiencies in the agency's operations. [ + ]
Friday fragments - comms news from around the web for 12 December 2014
Delhi government bucks at paying TETRA spectrum charges; NATO’s deployable comm system ready; Airbus tests joint TETRA-LTE system; HERO activates for Philippine typhoon.
[ + ]Tasmania Police replaces in-car data terminals with tablets
Tasmania Police has rolled out more than 1000 3G-enabled Windows 8 tablet computers to replace in-car mobile data terminals and desktop PCs. [ + ]
Greek Police chooses Sepura TETRA to cover its largest region
Sepura has been selected by Lamas Pinto Consultants to provide a mission-critical TETRA communications system for the police in Attica, the largest administrative region of Greece. [ + ]
WA Police digital radio expands into the Pilbara
Police digital radio has been rolled out in the Pilbara as part of the state government's $94.5m Community Safety Regional Radio Network, with 95% of the WA population now serviced by the digital system. [ + ]
ARCIA economic study available for download
ARCIA's landmark study into the worth of spectrum used for the LMR industry is now available for download from the association's website. [ + ]
Successful P25 interoperability test for Simoco and Omnitronics
Simoco and Omnitronics have completed P25 interoperability testing of Simoco's SB2025NT Simulcast/Voting infrastructure and Omnitronics RediTALK dispatcher solution, via the DRG100 radio gateway. [ + ]
World's largest MPT network to convert to DMR
Hytera Communications has been awarded the contract to upgrade Altech Fleetcall's analog radio trunking network to a digital mobile radio network. [ + ]
Zetron's AcomEVO wins 'hot product' award
Zetron's AcomEVO, utilising the P25 CSSI to link to a P25 Phase-II network, has been named a 'hot product' for 2014. [ + ]
Tait wins managed services contract with Californian power company
Tait Communications has won a five-year contract to provide managed services for Pacific Gas and Electric Company's MPT Classic radio system in California. [ + ]
ARCIA releases economic report on LMR spectrum use
A long-awaited economic report reveals that spectrum used for land mobile radio (LMR) services in Australia generates benefits of between $1.99 billion and $3.72 billion every year. [ + ]
Backhaul, November 2014: the industry 25 and 10 years ago
We take a trip down memory lane as we look at what was happening in the critical communications field 25 and 10 years ago.
[ + ]Anritsu receives VNA Price-to-Performance Leadership Award
Anritsu has received the 2014 Price-to-Performance Leadership award in the Vector Network Analyser (VNA) market from Frost & Sullivan. [ + ]