Interview with Steve Karandais, Keysight Technologies
10 August, 2015 by Jonathan NallyWe speak with Keysight's GM about the separation from Agilent, how the company has a new lease on life and how it aims to stay ahead of the pack in test and measurement.
Backhaul, August 2015 — the industry 25 and 10 years ago
08 August, 2015In July 1990, Kenwood Electronics was hugely expanding its warehousing in Sydney and Philips Radio was winning Australian Design Awards; and in July 2005, P25 radio was just beginning to make its presence felt in the market.
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 7 August 2015
07 August, 2015Chicago tests LTE real-time video, Public safety LTE market to boom, FBI radio procurement challenged, FCC boss eyes 600 MHz for 5G, SK Telecom to test LTE-M, Elbit wins US$45m comms contract.
ACMA temporary licensing shutdown this month
07 August, 2015The ACMA has advised that all apparatus licence processing will be suspended for two weeks from Friday, 14 August to Tuesday, 1 September 2015, so the agency can update its licensing systems.
Command and control room/PSAP market research
04 August, 2015According to a recently published IHS report, the global market for command and control room technologies and services is projected to exceed US$7 billion by 2019.
Danger in the air? — Radio waves and cancer
03 August, 2015A study on the metabolic effects of low-intensity radiofrequency radiation in living cells has concluded that a metabolic imbalance caused by radiation from wireless devices could be the link to a number of health risks.
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 31 July 2015
31 July, 2015Sydney's emergency comms go silent, Tait Academy numbers double, 9-1-1 service goes cloudy, Norway and Russia discuss spectrum, South Korea to test LTE PTT, and FirstNet looking at mobile comms.
PSMB is not the end state
30 July, 2015 by Deborah Weiss, CIO, ESTAThe value of public safety mobile broadband will not be in the network but in how it will be used to improve the service delivered to the community and the safety of officers in the field, says ESTA's Deborah Weiss.
Acting before the comms crisis hits
30 July, 2015 by Hamish Duff, President, ARCIAImproved planning and coordination between government departments and authorities will result in better radio communications infrastructure and a more viable sector, says ARCIA's Hamish Duff.
Smaller and smarter antennas
27 July, 2015Inspired by the directional hearing of a tiny fly, one scientist is exploring how to make compact, powerful antennas for transmitting jamming signals in an electronic attack and how to develop better antennas for finding the source of a hostile signal.
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 24 July 2015
24 July, 2015Don't miss Comms Connect Brisbane on 30 July, Microsoft releases open-source SDR, San Francisco's rail radio upgrade, FirstNet plans, local council recognises amateurs, and are you paying too much for your satcoms?
US agencies seek partners for communications test bed
23 July, 2015The US Public Safety Communications Research program is signing up a new round of industry collaborators for the test bed used to evaluate advanced broadband equipment and software for emergency first responders.
ESA and Inmarsat partner for mobile satcom research
23 July, 2015ESA and Inmarsat have signed an agreement worth around €4.2m for research into identifying new technologies for the next generation of space-enabled communications services.
Enhanced testing process for new applications and services over TETRA networks
17 July, 2015The TCCA has announced the introduction of a formal testing process for the TETRA Peripheral Equipment Interface (PEI) that will accelerate the introduction of new services over TETRA.
Global command and control room market to reach $7 billion by 2019
15 July, 2015 by Alexander Richardson, Market Research Analyst, Critical Communications, IHSThe latest IHS report for critical communications is available and analyses reveal the global market for command and control room technologies and services is expected to reach more than $7 billion over the next several years.
