Industry News
Island ambos get Airwave Service refresher
Airwave UK has worked with the Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust to deliver an end-user engagement program to their paramedics and ambulance crews. [ + ]
APCOA conference call for speakers deadline extended
The deadline for applications to speak at the APCOA 2014 conference has been extended until the close of business on 28 February. [ + ]
Experts explore dynamic spectrum usage
Key industry players, regulators, operators, manufacturers and research institutions gathered in Geneva recently for an ITU workshop on White Spaces and Cognitive Radio Systems (CRS). [ + ]
Optus to operate NBN satellites
Optus has secured the contract to operate NBN Co's two purpose-built satellites that will deliver high-speed broadband across rural and remote Australia. [ + ]
Airwave asked to contribute to Europe's SALUS project
Airwave UK will take part in SALUS, a 36-month European research project that aims to develop a next-generation public protection and disaster recovery (PPDR) network. [ + ]
Friday fragments - comms news from around the web for 21 January 2014
Telstra, Ericsson and HTC test 700 MHz 4G; FCC authorises 700 MHz TDD; Massive MIMO in 96-antenna array.
[ + ]Successful milsat anti-jamming comms test
Boeing has applied new anti-jamming technology to an existing military satellite for the first time, expanding the military's potential to access secure communications more affordably. [ + ]
LTE news: Taiwan considers 2.6 GHz; Verizon goes underground
Taiwan considers joining China's LTE bandwagon by allocating some of the 2.6 GHz band mobile services and Verizon switches on LTE in 35 Manhattan subway stations. [ + ]
Disaster and emergency conference - call for papers
The 2014 Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management conference will be held on the Gold Coast in May. [ + ]
Defence communications unit recognised
ADF personnel who served with the Force Communications Unit in Cambodia in the 1990s have received a Meritorious Unit Citation. [ + ]
Friday fragments - comms news from around the web for 24 January 2014
WA firefighters battle interference; Hams to AX the VK prefix; Black spots follow network shift; In-vehicle repeater proposal supported.
[ + ]Comms Connect Sydney - call for papers
Organisers of the Comms Connect Sydney 2014 conference have set a deadline of 14 February for submission of paper abstracts. [ + ]
German fire brigade chooses Sepura TETRA
Over 2500 Sepura TETRA radios will be supplied by Selectric GmbH to fire brigades in the Middle Franconia region of Germany. [ + ]
Last of New Zealand's 700 MHz spectrum auctioned
Telecom has secured the final 700 MHz radio spectrum auction in New Zealand with a bid of NZ$83 million. [ + ]
Swedish transport operator goes with Sepura TETRA
Swedish Radio Supply AB has been awarded the contract for the deployment of Sepura TETRA radios to transport operator Värmlandstrafik. [ + ]