Industry News
Friday fragments - comms news from around the web for 25 July 2014
Comms Connect Melbourne; Voters to decide on US$46m radio system; UK selling military comms gear to Russia; Kenyan radio contract in dispute; FEMA and hams join forces; IoT to save lives.
[ + ]ARCIA Brisbane event and Comms Connect Melbourne
Don't miss out on attending ARCIA's 31 July seminar day and dinner in Brisbane, as well as Comms Connect Melbourne at the end of September. [ + ]
TCCA welcomes support for European digital thrust
The TCCA has welcomed the stated commitment of new European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to make much better use of the great opportunities offered by digital technologies. [ + ]
Powertrunk wins TETRA contract for remote gold mine
PowerTrunk has been awarded the contract to deploy a digital TETRA land mobile radio system in support of operations at a gold mine in Canada's northernmost Nunavut region, 170 km south of the Arctic Circle. [ + ]
Malaysia deploys Simoco Solar P25 infrastructure and radios
Malaysia has awarded a major contract to Simoco's partner, Muzzam Teknologi, for the deployment of a full-scale Solar P25 system across the government's public security division. [ + ]
LMR market trends and industry forecast, 2012-18
A new report has been released that forecasts the market trends for the LMR industry over the 2012-18 timeframe. [ + ]
Zetron and EFJohnson successfully test CSSI
Zetron has completed successful testing of its AcomEVO system integrated with EFJohnson's P25 CSSI infrastructure. [ + ]
Zetron, RELM and Spectra successfully test P25 DFSI
Zetron, RELM Wireless and Spectra Engineering have completed successful joint testing of Zetron's AcomEVO console system using P25 DFSI to connect to RELM Wireless and Spectra Engineering's DFSI-based repeaters and base stations. [ + ]
Regional communications regulators to meet in Sydney
ACMA and the ITU will host representatives from 25 regional communications regulators in Sydney this week at the fourth Asia Pacific Regulators' Roundtable. [ + ]
Hytera helps keep communications open during World Cup
A Hytera radio system comprising 75 portable radios and a digital repeater, deployed in Pernambuco Stadium, helped to secure a series of games during the World Cup 2014 competition. [ + ]
Friday fragments - comms news from around the web for 18 July 2014
Don't miss ARCIA's Brisbane event; Victorian town gets upgraded safety comms; Joint US/Australian spy comms base; Canada to auction AWS-3 spectrum; Motorola opens Euro test lab.
[ + ]Sepura obtains IOP certification for its DMR hand-portable
Sepura has successfully completed DMR interoperability testing with the Italian organisations Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, and Radio Activity srl. [ + ]
WA installs new telecommunication towers in desert regions
New communication towers have been installed by Telstra in the Western Desert's Ngaanyatjarra Lands, under the state government's Royalties for Regions Regional Mobile Communication Project. [ + ]
BAI to trial solar power on NSW telecom antenna tower
BAI has teamed with solar power provider Photon Energy on a pilot project to power a broadcast antenna near Muswellbrook in NSW. [ + ]
ACMA proposes more affordable licences for wireless microphones
ACMA has proposed reducing spectrum licence fees for professional users of wireless microphones through the use of apparatus licences. [ + ]