The Australian Government's Peri-Urban Mobile Program provides funding to improve mobile coverage on the urban fringes of communities across the country. [ + ]

Commercial Radio & Audio is celebrating 100 years of radio in Australia, having launched a report on the economic and social contribution of commercial radio. [ + ]

Nokia has announced the results of a recent trial with Chunghwa Telecom Laboratories (CHT-TL), which verified that 25G PON can be used for 5G small cell fronthaul. [ + ]

The government will improve the resilience of 107 ABC radio sites used for emergency broadcasting, which are at risk of service failure due to natural disasters. [ + ]

The ACMA will allocate a suite of new area-wide licences aimed at accommodating more local area wireless broadband services in metro, regional and remote areas. [ + ]

The event will be headlined by keynotes from FirstNet CEO Joe Wassel; NSW Telco Authority Managing Director Kylie De Courteney; and Telstra's Commercial Engineering Executive, Sri Amirthalingam. [ + ]

The multi-network cellular roaming service for emergency services is the first PSN service delivered on budget and on schedule by Next Generation Critical Communications. [ + ]

Significant costs are being created for emergency services by the UK Government's failure to deliver a replacement communication network, according to a new report. [ + ]

The OneAdvisor 800 has been billed by VIAVI as the first test tool designed to address the challenges of a modern network field technician. [ + ]

Nokia says it has achieved sustained average downlink speeds of over 2 Gbps using mmWave spectrum and 5G FWA over a distance of 10.86 km — the fastest download speed recorded to date. [ + ]

The drone can be used as a repeater for public mobile networks, or to establish a private and secure mobile network for use by emergency services personnel. [ + ]

White Rabbit will enable the telescopes to achieve the level of precision and accuracy required to generate groundbreaking scientific insights into the mysteries of the universe. [ + ]

Ericsson's Cloud RAN (Radio Access Network) infrastructure has been launched on Telstra's 5G commercial network, and is already deployed and live at various sites. [ + ]

The NSW Telco Authority will deliver two initiatives aimed at improving digital connectivity for impacted communities during and after natural disasters. [ + ]

The Tasmanian Government and Telstra hosted a launch event this week to officially inaugurate the Tasmanian Government Radio Network (TasGRN). [ + ]