Industry News
Australia gets the vote in Papua New Guinea
ComGroup Australia has been awarded a contract for a major upgrade to the Royal Papua New Guinea Police Constabulary two-way radio system. The technology will be used to support command and control operations for the upcoming national elections.
[ + ]RFSWorld brings global wireless developments to local levels
Global wireless solutions group, Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has updated its website, RFSWorld.com, delivering enhanced accessibility to its product catalogue and industry news.
[ + ]Australian fully integrated RFID forklift
Peacock Bros, in conjunction with Intermec, Alpha Warehouse Solutions and Cascade, has completed construction of what claims to be Australia’s first fully integrated RFID forklift now available for sale as a complete unit.
[ + ]Wireless platforms for biomedical monitoring
IMEC and IMEC-Nederland at the Holst Centre created two body-monitoring wireless sensor nodes which collect and process data from human body sensors and wirelessly transmit the data to a central monitoring system.
[ + ]Wireless platforms for biomedical monitoring
IMEC and IMEC-Nederland at the Holst Centre created two body-monitoring wireless sensor nodes which collect and process data from human body sensors and wirelessly transmit the data to a central monitoring system.
[ + ]Call over ultra mobile broadband network
Nortel has claimed to achieve the industry’s first live call over an Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB) network delivering high definition video and VoIP.
[ + ]Adverts that are tailor-made for an audience
An advertising/information display that can change its content to suit its audience at any particular moment has been created in Britain using interactive Bluetooth communications technology.
[ + ]Technology to improve emergency services communications
QinetiQ and Thorcom have signed an agreement that will enable emergency services to tackle a number of current data communications issues.
[ + ]Macau casinos adopt wireless services
A recent investment boom in the Chinese city of Macau has seen a number of local and international casino chains open luxurious hotel and casino resorts. These developments incorporate high-rise hotels, gaming floors, shopping arcades, exhibition centres and even indoor sports stadiums.
[ + ]Distributor announced
Richardson Electronics has announced a worldwide partnership to distribute a frequency-hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) embedded wireless module developed by Radiotronix.
[ + ]Sales director appointed
Wireless networking expert Ross Chiswell has become sales director for Colubris Networks to lead a major push into the Australian enterprise networking market.
[ + ]Development of TD-SCDMA protocol conformance test system
Aeroflex and the Beijing StarPoint Telecommunication Software Company have announced an agreement to jointly develop the first full TD-SCDMA protocol conformance test system.
[ + ]1.2 m maritime VSAT antenna unveiled
ST Electronics’ satellite business unit unveiled its Agilis brand ultra compact 1.2 m stabilised C-band VSAT (very small aperture terminal) antenna, at the CommunicAsia 2007 exhibition.
[ + ]Memory requirements for SDR designs reduced by 50%
Green Hills Software and Objective Interface Systems have collaborated on a technique that reduces the memory footprint of the software used to build software-defined radios (SDRs).
[ + ]South African Police on the ball with Tait radios
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has chosen to use Tait radios and has committed to a new two-year multi-million dollar contract.
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