Industry News
Wireless on the waves
Many of the yachts in the 2007 Sydney to Hobart race used new fixed wireless terminals to track competitors and obtain weather updates as they fought their way to the finish line. [ + ]
Start-up company launched
Tait Electronics Limited has spun off part of its group research division working in the field of high spectral efficiency radio as a separate company within the Tait Group. [ + ]
Management changes announced
The board of directors at Daniels Electronics Ltd, a supplier of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) radio equipment, has announced the promotion of Gerry Wight to the position of vice-president of sales and marketing and the promotion of Douglas Bigrigg to Canadian national sales representative effective immediately. [ + ]
RFID and asset tags combine to control remote packages
Siemens and Free2move have deployed the Siemens Wireless Asset Tracking (SWAT) at Siemens' Malaysian headquarters in Petaling Jaya. [ + ]
WiMAX Forum to launch certification lab in India
The WiMAX Forum has announced plans to create an official certification laboratory in India by 2008. [ + ]
Fighting obesity with wireless networking
Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced that US wireless health monitoring company FitSense has standardised on its nRF2401A 2.4GHz transceivers in its wearable, coin-cell sensor powered ActiHealth BodyLAN system. [ + ]
Integrated receiver for high-frequency applications
Researchers at Chalmers University in Sweden have succeeded in combining a receiver for high frequencies with an antenna on a small chip. [ + ]
Aussie radio comes to the rescue of miners
The 27 miners rescued from the Ballarat mine collapse used an Australian designed and manufactured radio system to immediately contact the surface to report their condition and exact positions. This led to their quick recovery, through a nearby ventilation shaft. [ + ]
Global partnership delivers RFID solutions
IBM and OATSystems have announced that they will jointly deliver RFID solutions in Australia and New Zealand. The partnership will help retailers, consumer products companies and manufacturers harness the potential of RFID technology. [ + ]
New director appointed
Rob Gill, a former Nokia executive, has been appointed as a non-executive director of Christchurch-based radio communications solutions company, Tait Electronics Limited (TEL). [ + ]
RadioComms Connect 2007
The inaugural RadioComms Connect 2007, held in Melbourne in November, was a tremendous success for delegates and sponsors alike. Over 200 radio communications professionals, resellers and vendors enjoyed a day of informative presentations, networking and viewing the latest products and technology advances. [ + ]
Radio communications for deep underwater tunnel
Zenitel Norway AS has won the contract for delivering the infrastructure, including the complete radio communication system, for what claims to be the world’s deepest road tunnel, Eikesundsambandet, in Norway. [ + ]
Satellite data communications distributor announced
M2M Connectivity has been named as the distributor for Stellar Satellite Communications Ltd satellite data communications products in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]
Smart antennas key to 4G mobile broadband adoption
Smart and adaptive antenna technologies are entering a stage of full market acceptance, according to a report from West Technology Research Solutions (WTRS), a Silicon Valley-based research, publishing and consultancy company focused on emerging wireless technologies. [ + ]
Digital multimeters offered to qualifying education programs
Fluke Australia has announced that it will donate new high-performance logging digital multimeters to educational institutions through its education grant program. [ + ]
