Telstra upgrades fleetcoms network
02 December, 2009
Telstra will upgrade its national fleetcoms trunked radio network, enhancing the quality and reliability of the service.
Digital trunked network on stream in Melbourne
02 December, 2009
NX Digital 1 has launched its digital UHF trunked mobile network in Melbourne, using Kenwood’s NXDN Common Air Interface.
VoIP may solve problems of interoperability - Part 2
02 December, 2009 | Supplied by: Cisco
In the second part of our article we take a look at an IP-based interoperability solution enables public safety agencies to continue using their existing radio and communications systems while gaining the inherent benefits of IP networks.
The shift to open standards
26 November, 2009 by Ranjan Bhagat, Zetron | Supplied by: Zetron Australasia Pty Ltd
Although radio communications systems have traditionally been standalone, voice-centric platforms, the convergence of voice and data and the need for improved spectrum efficiency are driving a worldwide shift towards feature-rich, integrated voice and data digital radio technologies.
Free EPIRBs saving lives
04 November, 2009 | Supplied by: Benbro Electronics Pty Ltd
A free service providing person locator beacons to bushwalkers in the Blue Mountaints may already have saved a life and assisted the rescue of two other bushwalkers.
New Zealand Police move to a trunked digital solution
02 November, 2009 | Supplied by: Tait Electronics (Aust) Pty Ltd
The New Zealand Police (NZP), with more than 10,000 staff countrywide, needed to move from a dated, nationwide conventional analog network to a trunked digital solution.
Boost to Asian supply chain
21 October, 2009
Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has expanded its partnership with Malaysian distributor C&C Universal Engineering to establish a bonded warehousing facility in Port Klang.
Safety radio sector receives a boost
20 October, 2009
Australia’s public safety communications sector has been boosted with the establishment of emergency and private mobile radio network specialist, Airwave Solutions Australia, that promises network resilience, security, coverage and interoperability for a wide variety of public safety agencies.
TETRA network expanded
19 October, 2009
EADS Defence & Security is extending the TETRA radio network of Stadtwerke München. Around 1000 subscribers use the network, which is being expanded from 15 to a total of 31 TB3 base stations.
WAPOL coverage extended
15 September, 2009
Motorola Australia is providing an extension of the mobile data system of the Western Australia Police (WAPOL) and the Western Australia Department of Corrective Services (DCS) that will more than double the previous coverage area, providing the community with better-equipped police and prison officers.
TETRA upgrade for oil and gas
25 August, 2009
EADS Defence & Security has won a contract to extend the Surgutneftegas TETRA network. The project will complete the experimental EADS network already implemented, replacing the existing analog network.
Analog beamforming at 60 GHz
21 August, 2009
The large unlicensed frequency band internationally available around 60 GHz makes it attractive to support gigabit per second wireless applications, such as uncompressed high-definition video streaming and large file transfers.
TETRA enhancement
17 August, 2009 | Supplied by: Motorola Solutions
Motorola has launched the Dimetra LiTE solution and appointed Cyber On-Air (Asia) as its first authorised partner for the hospitality industry in Hong Kong.
Police radio area to be extended
06 August, 2009
Ansaldo STS has won a $2.5m data communications contract from the Western Australia Police. The contract is central to the police force’s plans to extend the coverage area of its secure digital metropolitan radio network from the current 9000 km2 to 20,000 km2.
Cosmodrome upgraded to TETRA system
05 August, 2009
EADS Defence & Security has completed the new TETRA-based communications network, selected in 2006 by Roskosmos, the Federal Space Agency of Russia, to refurbish the trunking network at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
