Industry News
KOTUG chooses Fleet Xpress for WA seaborne satcoms
Global tug operator KOTUG International has selected Inmarsat's Fleet Xpress high-speed broadband solution for its operations off the Western Australia coast. [ + ]
Next round of MCX Plugtests coming up
The fourth round of MCX Plugtests will take place from 23 to 27 September 2019 at the Savonia University of Applied Sciences, Kuopio, Finland. [ + ]
APCO seeks feedback on comms centre KPI standard
A proposed standard identifies areas of communications centre performance that should be measured in order to benchmark effectiveness. [ + ]
PSCE second workshop on public warning systems
Australia's Emergency Alert public warning system will once again be the exemplar as PSCE conducts its second PWS workshop on 8 October. [ + ]
Aussie firm's technology at the heart of Belgium's ASTRID
Infostream's simulcast technology is a key component of Belgium's national emergency services paging system. [ + ]
ETSI releases report on IoT devices for emergency comms
The report considers the effect IoT devices will have on emergency communications and automated responses, and canvasses standardisation issues. [ + ]
NTIA asks US agencies to review spectrum use
US agencies have nine months to review their spectrum assignments and submit that data to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. [ + ]
ASTRID extends Airbus-Proximus support contract
The Airbus-Proximus consortium will continue to support and maintain Belgium's national emergency TETRA, paging and dispatching networks. [ + ]
Mexico’s Querétaro state selects Airbus's MXLINK
The State Government of Querétaro has chosen Airbus's MXLINK MVNO to provide secure mobile broadband communications. [ + ]
White paper explores security aspects of 5G
The advent of 5G will provide new cybersecurity safeguards for networks and customers, according to a new white paper from 5G Americas. [ + ]
NZ's RSM called in to help locate PLB
RSM used its Automatic Direction Finder plus manual tracking to locate an unregistered personal locator beacon that couldn't be detected by satellites. [ + ]
ACRNA's 2019 conference coming up in October
The Australian Control Room Network Association 2019 Conference will be held in Melbourne from 29–31 October. [ + ]
EC launches infringement procedures over 112
The European Commission has chastised Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece and Spain for failing to fully implement 112 emergency number directives. [ + ]
Software-centric networks the key to 5G success
Even as 5G core networks begin to roll out, mobile service providers are being urged to look ahead to the next stage — software-centric services. [ + ]
Public safety, security to lead PTT-over-cellular market
The global push-to-talk-over-cellular market will grow at 9.7% CAGR over 2019–29, with collaborations thriving between vendors and service providers. [ + ]
