A Spanish industrial consortium, led by Teltronic, is championing research into broadband professional mobile communications to satisfy the demands of professional users.

Teltronic has supplied TETRA solutions to two of Asia’s fastest growing container ports — Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia, and Pusan Newport, South Korea.

Goodson Imports, Syscan International and Retail Alert Group have lauched what they claim is the most sophisticated RFID inventory management solution.

TT&T is deploying the first Cisco WiMAX network in Asia–Pacific at Mae Fah Luang University. It is expected to help bridge the digital divide as this will also be the first production WiMAX network in Thailand once the rollout is completed.

The RFID Europe conference will have many opinion leaders from across the world.

The AMCA has released a draft of a new Australian Radiofrequency Spectrum Plan for public comment. When completed, the plan is intended to replace the current Spectrum Plan developed in January 2005.

“Rapid deployment solutions should be smaller, lighter, easier to use and more cost effective,” said David Cox, PWC operations director, speaking at the launch of Pico, an ultra-compact lunchbox-size portable repeater which is said to be a ‘world record' for product miniaturisation.

Andrew and Siemens have jointly designed a wireless communications system for the CRH3 Harmony multiple unit trains, which were developed specifically for the Olympics and have maximum speeds of 350 km/h.

Tait Electronics is the first radio manufacturer to become an accredited ARCIA (Australian Radio Communications Industry Association) member.

A scholarship for an advanced diploma of electronic communication engineering will be provided by Tait at RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology).

A police radio system that is now so efficient that finding extra parking places for offenders' cars is now a priority was one of the benefits outlined in a case study of the ongoing development of WAPOL, the West Australian police radio network.

Satellite broadband wholesaler BayCity Communications has used the TUANZ rural broadband symposium to release the results of a survey into New Zealand's Civil Defence communications preparedness and underline the importance of having multiple layers of redundancy in telecommunications planning.

Electronics graduate Glenn Boardman has won the 2008 Victorian Institution of Engineering and Technology Student Prize for designing wireless speakers that can reproduce hi-fi sound good enough for home theatre systems.

Icom has released IDAS, a series of digital land mobile radios. It has been developed to meet the need for more efficient use of radio spectrum and consists of a complete radio system, including handhelds, mobiles and repeaters that operate using an ultra narrowband 6.25 kHz
FDMA modulation scheme.

The pace of commercialisation of universal mobile telecommunications service (UMTS 900) systems has quickened, according to an information paper published by GSA , the Global mobile Suppliers Association.