PowerTrunk has been chosen by Agnico Eagle Mines to deploy a TETRA network at the Meliadine gold mine in Canada. [ + ]

Sepura's flagship series of hand-portable radios, the SC20, has been approved for use on Airwave, the UK emergency services network. [ + ]

A GPS personal distress beacon has helped to locate and save a man who was gored by a wild bull in Central Queensland. [ + ]

Bittium and Leonardo-Finmeccanica have demonstrated cross-platform radio technology for effective joint European military operations. [ + ]

Panasonic Europe has acquired Alan Dick Communications, a UK technology integration specialist providing end-to-end telecoms-based services to the transportation and mobile telecoms sectors. [ + ]

GME has been named a platinum sponsor for the Campervan & Motorhome Club of Australia's (CMCA) 31st National Rally, to be held in Canberra from 8 to 14 October. [ + ]

The importation of mobile phone jammers and GPS jammers is now prohibited after an amendment to Customs regulations. [ + ]

Zetron has signed an agreement with AT&T to promote integrated broadband Push-to-Talk over Cellular solutions. [ + ]

Barrett Communications announced it will be supplying PRC-2090 Tactical HF radio communications systems under a new contract for the CIS region. [ + ]

Sepura has landed a contract to provide a complete comms solution for a wind farm, located off the coast of Germany, in partnership with Vissim Renewables. [ + ]

Australia's Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety has issued its annual report covering its research sectors, including mission-critical communications. [ + ]

NPSTC has issued an update report on requirements for a T-Band spectrum auction and for public safety relocation out of the band. [ + ]

Tait Communications and Sonim Technologies have joined forces to offer the former's UnifyVoice PTT over cellular solution on the latter's XP6 and XP7 rugged Android devices. [ + ]

Saudi Arabia's Sadara Chemical Company will deploy an integrated Motorola Solutions TETRA system to keep employees and plant infrastructure safe. [ + ]

The ITU Telecom World 2016 event, being held in Thailand from 14–17 November 2016, will have 5G and collaborative regulation in a digital economy at the top of its agenda. [ + ]