Industry News
Committee to examine communications in island territories
An inquiry has been opened into comms infrastructure in Australia's external territories of Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. [ + ]
Vale Ian Thompson, British APCO
The UK critical communications sector and friends around the world have been saddened by the news of the death of British APCO's CEO, Ian Thompson. [ + ]
EMC Technologies announces OTA testing capabilities
EMC Technologies has announced that it has developed capabilities for over-the-air testing of radio or IoT devices in simulated real-world conditions. [ + ]
Canberra to bolster Australia’s radar capabilities
The federal government has released the Enhanced active phased array and passive radar capability Sovereign Industrial Capability Priority Plan. [ + ]
Industry collaborators announced for 5G security project
AMI, AT&T, CableLabs, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Keysight, MiTAC, Nokia, Palo Alto Networks and T-Mobile have been chosen by NCCoE for the 5G Cybersecurity Project. [ + ]
Padova Police selects Sepura's SC20
The Municipality of Padova's police force has deployed more than 300 Sepura SC20 radios, replacing existing TETRA units after a successful user trial in the Italian city. [ + ]
RSM issues reminder about illegal radios
New Zealand's Radio Spectrum Management agency has issued a reminder to the industry and the public concerning the supply and use of illegal radios. [ + ]
Telcos, energy networks addressing power outages
Energy Networks Australia and Communications Alliance have signed an MOU to improve collaboration and knowledge-sharing to better respond to emergency situations. [ + ]
Barrett HF delivered for Vanuatu Police project
The HF software-defined radios will be used for the first phase of an inter-island project under the Vanuatu–Australia Defence Cooperation Program. [ + ]
Spectrum allocations for 5G
The federal government has begun the process to allocate spectrum in the 850/900 MHz bands to support deployment of 4G (and later 5G) mobile services. [ + ]
First findings from Virve 2.0 devices RFI to be announced
Initial findings from Finland's Virve 2.0 mobile devices RFI will be presented in an online session on Thursday, 5 November as part of Critical Communications Week. [ + ]
$10m for rapidly deployable emergency comms
COWs, SatCOWs, NBN Road Muster trucks and portable satellite kits will be acquired and pre-positioned ahead of the 2020–21 bushfire season. [ + ]
ARPANSA appoints electromagnetic energy director
Dr Sarah Loughran is the inaugural director of ARPANSA's activities under the federal government's enhanced electromagnetic energy program. [ + ]
Pre-verification of MCPTT conformance test case
Fully interoperable standards-based critical broadband services have moved closer with pre-verification of a mission-critical push-to-talk conformance test case. [ + ]
More engineers to be trained for HF radar
Defence, BAE Systems Australia and the University of Adelaide have signed an MoU for the establishment of a Centre for High Frequency Technologies. [ + ]
