Industry News
Major govt investment to boost regional connectivity
More than 100 communities and locations across rural and regional Australia are set to benefit from significant communications upgrades made possible by $170.2 million in government funding. [ + ]
Lightning-strike sensors help stop bushfires before they start
A new collaborative project is aiming to provide the earliest possible warning and accurate location of lightning strikes at the greatest risk of starting a fire. [ + ]
Wireless communication enabled 40 m underground
Conventional wisdom held that wireless communication in the complex underground environments of mines was virtually impossible due to signal attenuation. [ + ]
New vulnerabilities found in Sierra Wireless routers
Cybersecurity company Forescout has released an analysis of 21 newly discovered vulnerabilities within OT/IoT routers and open-source software components. [ + ]
One million IoT connections for smart electricity meter network
Telecom company Spark has announced a milestone of one million IoT connections for Bluecurrent's (formerly Vector Metering) smart electricity meter network. [ + ]
ITU advances the development of 6G
The International Telecommunication Union has published the framework for the development of standards and radio interface technologies for the sixth generation of mobile systems. [ + ]
TETRA system for Jakarta light rail goes into operation
Teltronic was selected to install a TETRA digital radio system that allows not only voice communication but also other important functionalities. [ + ]
Private wireless milestone for MEA energy sector
Nokia and Ooredoo Qatar have established what is understood to be the Middle East and Africa's (MEA's) first private wireless network for the energy sector. [ + ]
Curtin Institute of Radio Astronomy joins ARCIA
CIRA is a world-leading research group, based in Western Australia, created by Curtin University to advance radio astronomy science and engineering. [ + ]
Terms of reference released for review of Optus outage
The post-incident review aims to reveal what industry, government and the community can learn from the outage, with a focus on emergency calls, customer communications and complaints handling. [ + ]
ACMA reveals mid-band spectrum allocation outcomes
The ACMA has completed the allocation process for area-wide licences in the 3.4–4.0 GHz band in remote areas of Australia and announced the outcome of its 3.4/3.7 GHz bands spectrum allocation process. [ + ]
ARC research grant to safeguard UAV technologies
An ARC-funded project aims to explore resilient cybersecurity measures for unmanned aerial vehicle systems to safeguard them against adversarial machine learning attacks. [ + ]
Telco Authority highly commended in NSW Resilient Australia Awards
The NSW Telco Authority's Critical Communications Enhancement Program was highly commended in the Government category of the awards. [ + ]
Iridium and Qualcomm's satellite messaging agreements terminated
Iridium had planned to enable satellite messaging and emergency services in smartphones powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Mobile Platforms. [ + ]
ETSI agrees to release TETRA algorithms to the public domain
Making the algorithms public was discussed following the discovery earlier this year of five vulnerabilities in the original TETRA Air interface security design. [ + ]
