Articles
Interview: Caroline Milligan, Crest Advisory
How are emergency services using social media and other digital technologies to respond to incidents? To find out, we spoke with Crest Advisory's Caroline Milligan. [ + ]
Aussie firm gets Airbus PMR accreditation
CSE Australia has received official accreditation from Airbus Defence and Space, recognising its employees' high level of skills in the field of PMR. [ + ]
Radar sats and laser comms in orbit
Satellite radar data has been sent down to Earth via a 35,000 km, 600 Mbps laser link to a relay satellite. [ + ]
Huawei and IHS’s public safety LTE white paper
A joint Huawei and HIS white paper looks at trends in private LTE network development and makes recommendations for the deployment of LTE-based public safety networks. [ + ]
Interview: Jan Thompson, Ericsson
Ahead of his presentation at Comms Connect Sydney, we spoke with Jan Thompson, Global Head of Safety and Security for Ericsson, to find out where the company is heading in the public safety sector. [ + ]
ST Electronics, Motorola Solutions team up
Singapore Technologies Electronics and Motorola Solutions have joined forces to develop technologies for advanced secured communications in the public safety, national security and enterprise sectors. [ + ]
Convicted for finding TETRA network flaws
A word of caution: if you find security flaws in your local police radio network, be careful how you approach them. One Slovenian researcher has found out the hard way. [ + ]
Interview: 4RF's John Yaldwyn
Ahead of his presentation at Comms Connect Sydney, we spoke with John Yaldwyn, 4RF's CTO, to get his insights into how to keep SCADA networks safe and secure. [ + ]
Operating outside LTE service areas
NEC's device-to-device communication technology will enable the transmission of images outside LTE service areas for public safety personnel. [ + ]
Working together to benefit the industry
The critical communications industry as a whole needs to collaborate more to demonstrate the value of communications across a multitude of market sectors, says ARCIA's Hamish Duff. [ + ]
Pop-up emergency networks for rural Australia
A new network infrastructure delivering emergency communications in the Outback is being made possible with Toyota LandCruisers. [ + ]
Towards a new spectrum management framework
The ACMA relishes the opportunity to develop a more efficient and effective spectrum management framework to benefit all spectrum users, said the acting chairman, Richard Bean. [ + ]
Comms consoles keep rail network on track
Zetron AcomEVO console systems are helping Western Australia's Brookfield Rail oversee its vast rail infrastructure effectively and efficiently. [ + ]
Thales leads Fed4PMR consortium for broadband PMR
Thales is leading the Fed4PMR project to develop a future high-data-rate 4G/LTE communication network for security agencies and emergency services. [ + ]
Comms specialist awarded ARC Laureate Fellowship
Wireless communications specialist Branka Vucetic researches big things that significantly benefit the communications industry — and has now been awarded the prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowship. [ + ]
