OPINION: Narrowband, not narrow-minded
27 November, 2014 by David Cox* | Supplied by: Pacific Wireless Communications Pty LtdThe LMR industry must refocus from its protocol wars and provide its customers with smarter, more efficient and client-focused solutions that include data applications.
Restack of digital TV services completed
25 November, 2014 | Supplied by: BAI CommunicationsBroadcast Australia has completed the process of clearing digital television services within the Spectrum Restack Program from the digital dividend band (694-820 MHz) on behalf of the Commonwealth.
Productivity Commission to make recommendations on mobile broadband
24 November, 2014The Productivity Commission has been tasked with undertaking a cost-benefit analysis of the best way to deliver a mobile broadband capability for public safety agencies.
Unified communications - changing public safety
19 November, 2014 by Steve Crutchfield, Managing Director, Motorola Solutions Australia and New Zealand | Supplied by: Motorola SolutionsUnified communications technologies have the potential to re-shape proactive and reactive response strategies for Australia's frontline responders, argues Motorola Solutions' Steve Crutchfield.
Govt opens consultations on future of spectrum in Australia
12 November, 2014 | Supplied by: Australian Communications and Media AuthorityThe Department of Communications has released a consultation paper on the future management of spectrum in Australia and is seeking public comment by 2 December 2014.
Latest monthly update from Radio Spectrum Management New Zealand
06 November, 2014The New Zealand regulator has identified serious cases of interference caused by LED lighting and is calling for cross submissions to its review of the Radiocommunications Act 1989.
Radio Spectrum Management New Zealand monthly update
14 October, 2014RSM New Zealand's latest industry update covers new general user licences for fixed-link and short-range devices, an extension to the Radiocommunications Act review and auction of AM and FM licences.
Australian emergency radio override tests lead to US military sales
07 October, 2014 | Supplied by: Emergency Warning Systems LimitedThe north-east Victorian village of Eldorado has been the venue for a successful demonstration of radio override technology from Melbourne-based Emergency Warning Systems to the US Department of Defense.
ACMA prosecutes man for interfering with taxi frequencies
30 September, 2014A man in Melbourne has been fined $3500 and ordered to pay costs after pleading guilty to three offences of deliberately disrupting a taxi company's radio communications system.
Industry Talking - major spectrum changes on the cards
26 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Australian Radio Communications Industry Association
A review by the Department of Communications of spectrum policy frameworks and deregulation agendas to drive future innovation and productivity is just one of the challenges currently facing the industry, writes ARCIA President Hamish Duff.
Is this the world's craziest emergency dispatch system?
25 September, 2014Detroit's emergency services communications systems are so old and decrepit that front-line workers have taken to using bizarre workarounds to ensure dispatch messages are received.
ACMA releases spectrum outlook report for 2014-18
03 September, 2014 | Supplied by: Australian Communications and Media AuthorityThe ACMA has released its five-year spectrum outlook, setting out the agency's strategic direction and priorities for the short to medium term.
NZ Minister announces draft white space licensing rules
01 September, 2014New Zealand Communications and Information Technology Minister Amy Adams has announced draft licensing rules for the use of television white space devices in New Zealand.
Radio Spectrum Management New Zealand's update for September
01 September, 2014Radio Spectrum Management has issued its September update on spectrum regulation matters, including a review of the Radiocommunications Act, white space licensing and prohibited equipment.
NSW Telco Authority's latest communiqué available
12 August, 2014Rod Gilmour, chairperson of the NSW Telco Authority, has released his latest communiqué to update industry on Authority developments.
