Industry News
Successful acquisition
Codan Limited has acquired Australian-based metal detection and electronics business, Minelab Electronics Pty Ltd.
[ + ]Distribution agreement changes
Standard Communications has announced the mutual cessation of its distribution agreement with Garmin International.
[ + ]Semiconductor technology for future wireless home and office
A transceiver integrated on a single chip that operates at 60 GHz on the CMOS process has been announced by NICTA, Australia’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research Centre of Excellence.
[ + ]Second conference on spectrum management
The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s conference on the management of the radiofrequency spectrum, Radcomms08, will be held in Melbourne 30 April to 2 May and offers the opportunity to hear the latest developments in spectrum management.
[ + ]Accreditation program kicks off
The Australian Radio Communications Industry Association (ARCIA) has started receiving applications for its industry-wide accreditation program.
[ + ]$70.5 million acquisition
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.
[ + ]Mobile WiMAX certification testing begins
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.
[ + ]Australia widens scope for satellite monitoring
Australia will have access to a new source of Earth-observing satellite information from India’s remote sensing satellite, Resourcesat-1.
[ + ]Breakthrough in organic RFID
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.
[ + ]Contract to supply advanced manufacturing test solutions
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.
[ + ]‘Real-world’ WiMAX in regional Australia
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.
[ + ]Spectrum analyser contract awarded by NFL
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.
[ + ]Solar energy to power RFID-based asset tracking systems
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.
[ + ]Transceiver chosen for major government order
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.
[ + ]Wireless on the waves
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.
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