The Australian Radio Communications Industry Association (ARCIA) has started receiving applications for its industry-wide accreditation program. [ + ]

The WiMAX Forum has announced the beginning of Mobile WiMAX certification testing and evaluation of Mobile WiMAX products in AT4 wireless facilities in Malaga, Spain. [ + ]

Global communications specialist Codan Limited has announced the proposed $70.5 million acquisition of Australian-based metal detection and electronics business, Minelab Electronics Pty Ltd. [ + ]

Australia will have access to a new source of Earth-observing satellite information from India’s remote sensing satellite, Resourcesat-1. [ + ]

The Holst Centre presented a plastic 64-bit inductively coupled passive RFID tag operating at 13.56 MHz at the International Solid State Circuit Conference. [ + ]

Internode has started connecting users to its high-speed national network, claiming to be the first Australian broadband company to deliver a region-wide, wireless broadband service using WiMAX. [ + ]

Aeroflex has entered into a multi-year contract to supply advanced manufacturing test solutions worth in excess of $10 million with a supplier of mobile phones and communications devices. [ + ]

Anritsu Company has been awarded a contract by the National Football League (NFL) to supply the league with 36 MS2721B Spectrum Master handheld spectrum analysers. [ + ]

Savi Technology has begun deploying solar-powered RFID readers and signposts, enabling users in the defence and commercial sectors to conserve energy and reduce costs while tracking supplies in real time. [ + ]

The Fire and Emergency Services Authority (FESA) of Western Australia has chosen the Vertex Standard VX829 handheld transceiver as its front-line radio for the WAERN (Western Australia Emergency Radio Network) Project. [ + ]

Many of the yachts in the 2007 Sydney to Hobart race used new fixed wireless terminals to track competitors and obtain weather updates as they fought their way to the finish line. [ + ]

Tait Electronics Limited has spun off part of its group research division working in the field of high spectral efficiency radio as a separate company within the Tait Group. [ + ]

The board of directors at Daniels Electronics Ltd, a supplier of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) radio equipment, has announced the promotion of Gerry Wight to the position of vice-president of sales and marketing and the promotion of Douglas Bigrigg to Canadian national sales representative effective immediately. [ + ]

Siemens and Free2move have deployed the Siemens Wireless Asset Tracking (SWAT) at Siemens' Malaysian headquarters in Petaling Jaya. [ + ]

The WiMAX Forum has announced plans to create an official certification laboratory in India by 2008. [ + ]