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For the US Army's 2014 Joint Users Interoperability Communications Exercise, Mutualink seamlessly and securely connected all participants via a resilient, peer-to-peer ad hoc network. [ + ]

Zetron will conduct a live demonstration of its Pathway P25 DFSI gateway at the annual APCO conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, next month. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

A new report has been released that forecasts the market trends for the LMR industry over the 2012-18 timeframe. [ + ]

Zetron has completed successful testing of its AcomEVO system integrated with EFJohnson's P25 CSSI infrastructure. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

ACMA and the ITU will host representatives from 25 regional communications regulators in Sydney this week at the fourth Asia Pacific Regulators' Roundtable. [ + ]

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.

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Sepura has successfully completed DMR interoperability testing with the Italian organisations Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, and Radio Activity srl. [ + ]