Airwave Solutions UK has secured a contract with the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust to provide TETRA Messenger to their community responder groups. [ + ]

The Productivity Commission has been tasked with undertaking a cost-benefit analysis of the best way to deliver a mobile broadband capability for public safety agencies. [ + ]

Icom's IC-M506 was awarded the title of 2014's best marine VHF radio at the 2014 NMEA International Marine Electronics Conference & Expo in Florida. [ + ]

Simoco has announced an upgrade of its DMR offering that includes the capability for full duplex calling on its range of DMR portables. [ + ]

Hytera was the official radio supplier for the WGC-HSBC 2014 held earlier this month at the Shanghai Sheshan International Golf Club. [ + ]

Anritsu has successfully  demonstrated stable peak data throughput for a Category 9 LTE device and network simulator using 3x Carrier Aggregation (3x CA). [ + ]

Mayday call to be investigated; Microsoft's whitespace plans; UK military spectrum auction; Keeping in touch on an ocean race; Call for speakers for SAR conference.

China has resumed motorcycle escorts for visiting foreign leaders in Beijing, with communications supported by Hytera communication products. [ + ]

NEC Australia's microwave radio technology will be deployed in three of the largest provinces of the Solomon Islands territory to boost mobile and fixed line broadband capacity. [ + ]

Tait has commissioned hundreds of portable and mobile radios for emergency services in a Mississippi county, with a solution that has saved the county around US$1m. [ + ]

Inmarsat has completed construction of the final four satellite access stations for its Global Xpress fleet, including two sites near Auckland, New Zealand. [ + ]

TechRentals has just turned 40, having begun serving customers through the sale and repair of electronic equipment way back in 1974. [ + ]

FirstNet publishes RFI results; Canada to upgrade military comms; Is SMS 'threading' the answer?; Dow Chemical chooses Motorola TETRA.

Organisers are now calling for expressions of interest to present case studies and other papers at the Comms Connect conferences in Melbourne and Sydney in 2015. [ + ]

Melbourne's Fed Square Pty Ltd has chosen Simoco's Xd DMR technology to deliver critical communications support to the cultural and entertainment precinct in the heart of Melbourne. [ + ]