Industry News
Nominations close soon for WA radio awards
The Western Australia Industry Professional of the Year Award nominations will close on Friday, 3 March. [ + ]
nbn network switch necessary as ISS shuts down
The Interim Satellite Service (ISS) will be shutting down on 28 February, meaning that homes and businesses on this service need to switch to an alternative nbn network. [ + ]
Airbus secures Finnish ski contest
The FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Finland will be supplied with TETRA radio communications by Airbus and Erillisverkot. [ + ]
Trials undertaken for 5G technology
Future 5G technology will be tested under a partnership between NEC Corporation, BT, EE and the University of Salford. [ + ]
ACMA holds technical priorities event
The ACMA is holding its technical priorities tune-up for 2017 and is inviting registrations. [ + ]
Sepura selected by Tata Steel for TETRA equipment
Tata Steel has chosen Sepura to supply TETRA communications for its flagship site in the Netherlands. [ + ]
New partnership provides improved LTE to Guam
Trials for the improvement of indoor LTE communications in Guam have been conducted by DOCOMO PACIFIC and NEC Corporation. [ + ]
Digital radio highlighted by Airbus at Police Congress
Airbus will deliver a presentation about the future of digital radio at the European Police Congress in Germany. [ + ]
First NB-IoT labs opens in Australia
A partnership has been established between Huawei and James Cook University (JCU), focusing on the development of technology around NarrowBand IoT (NB-IoT). [ + ]
Security increased via Motorola broadband network
The 4G broadband network built by Motorola Solutions has been utilised by emergency response personnel at the 2017 Tournament of Roses Parade. [ + ]
LTE public safety networks explored by TCCA
A white paper developed by the TCCA is aiming to assist government organisations in achieving the best possible critical communications broadband. [ + ]
Sky Muster satellite becomes permanent
The NBN Sky Muster satellite will take over operations by the end of February, with the interim satellite service (ISS) being shut down. [ + ]
Airbus supplies TETRA for Munich security conference
TETRA technology supplied by Airbus will be used to support the 53rd Munich Security Conference. [ + ]
Video: UK committee discusses ESN problems
The UK Committee of Public Accounts held an extra session at the beginning of February to hear new submissions regarding the Emergency Services Network. [ + ]
Big data directory released for IoT innovation
An Internet of Things (IoT) big data directory has been launched by the GSMA, designed to make harmonised data from multiple sources available to developers. [ + ]
