The Australian inventor of the black box aviation flight recorder has been honoured with the naming of a Defence building in Canberra. [ + ]

CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, has won two of the seven prestigious International TETRA awards for 2014. [ + ]

Zetron's Advanced Communication (AcomEVO) system has completed successful testing with Hytera's Tier II DMR-based radio system. [ + ]

Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Limited (AEROTHAI) has chosen Hytera to supply TETRA radios for Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports in Bangkok, Thailand. [ + ]

Hytera's DMR conventional IP Multi-Site Connect Interfaces now support Omnitronics' RediTALK dispatch consoles. [ + ]

Thousands of wireless microphones which are set to be sent to the scrap heap on 31 December due to new government regulations may now be saved. [ + ]

NASA's administrator, Charles Bolden, has visited Canberra to mark 50 years of partnership between Australia and the USA in deep space communications. [ + ]

New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is reviewing the acquisition limits ('spectrum caps') on spectrum holdings in the 2.1 GHz band used for 3G mobile. [ + ]

The Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference will be held from 5-7 May at the QT Gold Coast Hotel. Attendees who register for the conference before 28 March will receive the early bird registration discount. [ + ]

The United Kingdom Government has announced that it will invest more than £100 million ($185 million) in the construction phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). [ + ]

TrustComm, a provider of satellite communications solutions, has signed a service provider agreement with Boeing Commercial Satellite Services (BCSS) to distribute the Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) high-speed mobile broadband service. [ + ]

Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Jordan has selected Sepura TETRA radios for all its digital communications requirements. [ + ]

MTR Corporation, a Hytera client, won 'Best Use of TETRA for Transport' in the recently announced 2014 International TETRA Awards. [ + ]

ReportsnReports.com has released 'The Public Safety LTE & Mobile Broadband Market: 2014-2020'. The report presents an in-depth assessment of the global public safety LTE market, besides considering the wider LMR and mobile broadband industries. [ + ]

APCO Australasia and the Australian Radio Communications Industry Association are combining to provide two functions for the communications industry and users. The functions will be held at the Pagoda Ballroom in South Perth on 10 April 2014. [ + ]