Barrett Communications has been awarded a $6 million contract to supply HF equipment to an undisclosed border security agency in Central Asia as part of a United States Assistance program. [ + ]

Macquarie University researchers have joined an international line-up of universities to develop 5G wireless technologies. [ + ]

A five-year, $10m deal will see Motorola ensure application performance and uptime certainty for QGC's liquefied natural gas project in southern Queensland. [ + ]

Zetron and Simoco have completed successful joint testing of Zetron's MAX Dispatch system using the P25 DFSI with Simoco's P25 conventional network. [ + ]

Axell Wireless has supplied equipment for Singapore's TETRA public safety network, which supports police, fire and other mission-critical organisations. [ + ]

Exelis will build a state-of-the-art research and development, testing and systems integration facility in Melbourne to support both local and export opportunities. [ + ]

Poor radio puts Tassie lives at risk; US county dodging dead zones; Brazil's 4G woes; Tornado warning system failure.

Telstra will develop one of the world's largest Wi-Fi networks, with two million hotspots expected across Australia. [ + ]

A Delta IV rocket successfully launched the sixth GPS IIF satellite on 16 May from Space Launch Complex-37 at Cape Canaveral. [ + ]

Zetron has released a wired interface between its AcomEVO system and Cassidian's TETRA network. [ + ]

Canadian public safety and security officials will take part in a trade mission to Australia and New Zealand in September and October. [ + ]

Telstra has achieved a world first on its mobile network by demonstrating live network speeds of 450 Mbps using LTE Advanced Carrier Aggregation across a trial combination of 1800 and 2600 MHz bands. [ + ]

The government has committed $100 million to improve mobile coverage by rolling out new mobile base stations, funding for which will be allocated through a competitive selection process. [ + ]

The Victorian government has appointed Craig Lapsley as Victoria's first emergency management commissioner. [ + ]

Public safety demos on LTE network; Text-to-speech 911; Unbreakable secure comms; Simoco opens KL office; Tait presents podcasts.