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

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

BAI has teamed with solar power provider Photon Energy on a pilot project to power a broadcast antenna near Muswellbrook in NSW. [ + ]

New privacy laws might be needed to protect against a wave of 'eyes in the sky,' according to a federal parliamentary committee. [ + ]

RFI Wireless has been appointed master distributor for the Wireless Pacific X10DR Secure Wireless Microphone for the professional LMR market in Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

ACMA has proposed reducing spectrum licence fees for professional users of wireless microphones through the use of apparatus licences. [ + ]

In its monthly update, Radio Spectrum Management New Zealand has announced auctions for AM and FM licences and news regarding the 2.5 GHz managed spectrum park band. [ + ]

The Digital Mobile Radio Association has awarded Simoco with a certificate of recognition as a laboratory for testing interoperable communications systems. [ + ]

Power failure leaves 911 silent; 'Silent frequencies' warn of attack; Lock your radio room's door; Hams and medicos exercise together; Alaskan radio array gets reprieve.

Simoco's Xd DMR Tier III has been chosen for the Royal Adelaide Show, 5-14 September, which attracts around half a million visitors each year. [ + ]

The federal government is reviewing the operation of the national Triple Zero operator to ensure that arrangements take advantage of new technologies and provide improved services. [ + ]