Best of 2020: Interview: TCCA’s Tony Gray and ACCF’s Kevin Graham
28 December, 2020 by Jonathan NallyThe mission-critical communications industry is firmly on the path towards open standards-based broadband solutions.
Season's greetings
23 December, 2020Critical Comms is taking a break now until early January, so we'd like to wish you a merry festive season and a safe and prosperous New Year.
Best of 2020: Australia and the WRC — seeking spectrum harmony
23 December, 2020 by Jonathan NallyAustralia's delegation to the WRC-19 focused on advancing the nation's legitimate interests in spectrum policy and technology matters.
Managing to succeed with a technical project manager
17 December, 2020 by Lawrence McKennaTechnical project managers are an asset of any technical project, and more organisations are using them to deliver projects.
Virtual conference brings the industry together
17 December, 2020 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: Comms Connect (WFevents)The Comms Connect Virtual conference series covered a wide range of topics and attracted speakers from around the globe.
Project to create next-gen wireless devices
16 December, 2020Researchers are experimenting with adaptive, tunable filtering to reject interference in spectrum-sharing systems.
Big data for big radio telescope
15 December, 2020A team preparing for the billion-dollar SKA radio telescope reached the shortlist for 'Nobel Prize of supercomputing'.
Nokia says 5G is up to 90% more energy efficient
09 December, 2020 | Supplied by: Nokia Solutions and Networks Singapore Pte LtdFrom research undertaken with Telefónica, Nokia has found that 5G networks are up to 90% more energy efficient per traffic unit than legacy networks.
TCCA's Tony Gray to retire, new CEO sought
09 December, 2020TCCA's current Chief Executive, Tony Gray, is looking to retire in 2021, so the search is now on for a successor to drive the association forward.
2020 Industry Excellence Awards announced
03 December, 2020 | Supplied by: ARCIAThe recipients of the national awards for the Australian business- and mission-critical communications industry have been announced.
Zetron celebrates 40 years, including 20 years in Australia
03 December, 2020 | Supplied by: Zetron Australasia Pty LtdFounded in 1980 as a small paging business, Zetron has become one of the world's major suppliers of command and control room solutions.
Defence calls for RF sensor tech for space test
02 December, 2020The federal government is seeking submissions to develop an innovative 'space qualified' RF sensor payload as part of the Space Capabilities priority area.
ARPANSA adds $350K to WHO radio wave research
02 December, 2020The funding will aid the World Health Organization's research into the health impacts of radio waves, including those used in mobile telecommunications.
Work underway on guide to 4G/5G MCX control rooms
02 December, 2020TCCA and PMeV – Netzwerk Sichere Kommunikation are to develop a guide for connecting control rooms to mission-critical services in 4G/5G networks.
PSCE and GSA sign BroadGNSS agreement
27 November, 2020The agreement provides for a total budget of €3.6 million over 40 months to seek solutions to improve the capability of trustworthy information exchange.