The winners of the 2017 ARCIA Industry Awards were announced this week at the annual gala dinner in Melbourne. [ + ]

Emona has been appointed as the Australian and New Zealand distributor for Magna-Power Electronics. [ + ]

The contribution made by Australia to the development work of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has been recognised with an award. [ + ]

Ticket sales are about to close for the ARCIA 10th Annual Industry Gala Dinner. [ + ]

Over the last 12 months ARCIA has continued to represent the industry with a number of highlights through the year — these are mentioned in the various sections within the annual report. [ + ]

Harris C4i has been recognised for its IP-at-the-core technology at the 2017 Governor of Victoria Export Awards. [ + ]

In 1992 MPT 1327 was still new and shiny, but by 2007 the industry was beginning to talk about LTE. [ + ]

Motorola Solutions has been chosen to implement a new public safety communications platform for Bogotá's Secretaria de Seguridad, Convivencia y Justicia, Colombia. [ + ]

The former analog television Band III (174–230 MHz) will be put to new use, following a New Zealand Government review of options for allocating the frequencies. [ + ]

The sixth eCall TESTFEST event has been successfully held in Kranj, Slovenia. [ + ]

A nationwide LTE Internet of Things (IoT) network will be trialled by Spark, alongside a LoRa low-power network. [ + ]

With the upcoming 5G auction, the ACCC is revisiting the way in which it approaches spectrum competition issues. [ + ]

A 5G data call test at 26 GHz has been conducted by Telstra and its partner Ericsson. [ + ]

The public security network in Bulgaria will be extended and modernised, with Airbus winning the contract to undertake these updates. [ + ]

Speedcast has been awarded a contract to supply mission-critical remote communication services for Australia's Antarctic research stations. [ + ]