The TCCA board has welcomed Steve Whatson, representing the UK Home Office. [ + ]

Edward Parkinson has been appointed acting CEO of US public safety communications authority FirstNet, following the recent resignation of Mike Poth. [ + ]

Telstra has switched on its 500th black spot mobile base station, as part of the federal government's Mobile Black Spot Program. [ + ]

ARCIA's 2018 Annual Report is now available to download on the Australian Radio Communications Industry Association website. [ + ]

Construction has begun on the Defence Satellite Ground Station at Kapooka. [ + ]

Nominations are now open for the ARCIA Industry Excellence Awards, which will be presented at the Annual Industry Gala Dinner. [ + ]

Omnitronics consoles have passed certification testing on the Tait Technology Partner Program. [ + ]

Registrations close today for the ARCIA annual South Australia Industry Dinner and Networking night. [ + ]

Long-range Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) data connections have been successfully deployed and tested by Ericsson and Telstra. [ + ]

Submissions are now being sought for the International Critical Control Rooms Alliance Congress. [ + ]

Sepura partner Selectric will supply TETRA software for first responders in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. [ + ]

Motorola Solutions is celebrating its 90th anniversary by providing $90,000 to fund a scholarship initiative for women pursuing engineering careers. [ + ]

PT LEN Industri and Teltronic have established an agreement for integration of ETCS and CBTC signalling over TETRA technology. [ + ]

A 2018 Intersec Award has been won by the Airbus device Tactilon Dabat. [ + ]

The program from RadComms 2018 has now been released by the ACMA. [ + ]