Industry News
Canberra announces $50m grants program for exhibitors
The federal government will provide grants of up to $250,000 to businesses to cover some of their costs of exhibiting at events in 2021. [ + ]
ACCF granted observer status for 5th MCX Plugtests
Kevin Graham will represent ACCF in an observer role during the fifth MCX Plugtests, to be held in late September. [ + ]
Codan wins tactical comms contract with African nation
Codan Communications has won a contract with a large African government to supply Sentry-H tactical communications equipment. [ + ]
Registration is open for CCW 2020
This year's Critical Communications Week conference and exhibition will take the form of online sessions, spread over five days from 2–6 November. [ + ]
APD reaches ESN testing milestone
APD Communications said it has become the first UK supplier to complete ESN Proof of Concept feature testing from the UK hosted ESN reference environment. [ + ]
Keysight World to showcase design and test trends
Live virtual events will be held from 22–24 September, covering topics such as 5G, automotive, advanced measurement, high-speed digital and IT network security. [ + ]
Public safety research reports released
The US National Public Safety Telecommunications Council has released several reports covering MCPTT and the use of emerging technologies. [ + ]
Optus claims milestone in 5G carrier aggregation
Optus has made what it claims is the world's first 2300 + 3500 MHz 5G non-standalone carrier aggregation call. [ + ]
The Netherlands' C2000 TETRA system fully operational
The system was successfully activated overnight on 1 July 2020 in a one-step migration and officially handed over to the operator organisation. [ + ]
New cabling and wiring rules released
Significant revisions to the Standards include safeguards for the distribution of hazardous voltages over communications cabling. [ + ]
5G satellite NB-IoT technology put to the test
Trials of 5G satellite NB-IoT technology established a bidirectional link from MediaTek's satellite-enabled NB-IoT device to Inmarsat's Alphasat L-band satellite. [ + ]
Barrett joins C4 EDGE communications program
The 16 companies involved in C4 EDGE will scope the development of a sovereign communications environment for the Australian Army. [ + ]
Canberra sets limits for 5G spectrum auction
Allocation limits of 1 GHz will be set for the auction of 26 GHz spectrum in 2021, to prevent monopolisation by single telcos. [ + ]
Teltronic TETRA for new Finnish railway locomotives
Teltronic will supply EN50155/EN45545-compliant voice-and-data radios, touchscreen consoles and accessories for 60 new VR Group locomotives. [ + ]
VIDEO: Lionel Morand, 3GPP, reviews Release 16
Lionel Morand, TSG CT Chair, outlines the value of Release 15 and the role that Release 16 will play in providing the full set of features for the 5G system. [ + ]
