First responders have legitimate requirements for priority infrastructure. However, consideration must also take account of the community at large, rather than just facilities for the public sector vertical, argues Ovum's Kevin Noonan.

Motorola Solutions and the Victorian Government have signed a $41.5 million deal to extend the management of the Metropolitan Data Network and trial new technologies. [ + ]

Motorola Solutions and the Victorian Government have signed a $41.5 million deal to extend the management of the Metropolitan Data Network and trial new technologies. [ + ]

Telstra and Motorola have joined forces to promote an enhanced version of the LANES mobile broadband capability.

IP is the ideal technology to deliver a distributed architecture model that is well suited to the deployment of mission- and business-critical radio systems, bringing simplicity, reliability, scalability and cost-effectiveness.

This year is shaping up to be a busy one for the Australian Radio Communications Industry Association and for the industry itself, says Hamish Duff, ARCIA's president. [ + ]

JDSU and Alcatel-Lucent teamed up for RAN/RF testing at Brazil's Maracanã stadium to ensure the 2014 soccer World Cup's mobile coverage met requirements.

A research project testing the efficient use of social media in crisis situations will undergo its second and final test in Finland next month. [ + ]

Motorola Solutions has invested in companies that produce optoelectronic microphone technology and mobile field documentation software used by emergency services personnel. [ + ]

Using CSIRO's 64-metre Parkes radio telescope in eastern Australia, a Swinburne University of Technology researcher has, for the first time, seen a 'fast radio burst' - a short, sharp flash of radio waves from an unknown source - in real time. [ + ]

Mobile video streaming company m-View has been appointed exclusive A/NZ distributor for Fire Cam's body-worn cameras, with trials set to commence with NSW Fire and Rescue, Wilson Security and systems integrator CSG. [ + ]

A study into the economic value of LMR radio spectrum in Australia has found that it provides a benefit of at least $2 billion to the community. [ + ]

The NSW Rural Fire Service has implemented a virtual video collaboration solution to enable seamless, real-time communication between 900 staff across the state as well as thousands of volunteers. [ + ]

When a major mineral resources provider in WA needed to extend its underground comms, it chose RFI to supply and integrate a rebroadcast and combining system using DSP-based repeaters.

Queensland University of Technology researchers are on track to develop the world's first camera-based 'GPS', which is able to work in any weather or terrain, even underground. [ + ]