Equipment identified as being involved in a power outage at the Ambulance Tasmania communications centre in July and a further partial outage last week has been replaced. [ + ]

This week: The importance of interoperability, secret WWII listening base, seeing through walls with Wi-Fi, Silver Lake invests in Motorola, EPIRB saved lives in Qld boating accident, Taiwan jumps into 5G research, and Europe in LTE slow lane. [ + ]

John Hughes will step down as chairman of the board of Sepura on 7 September after five years at the helm, to be succeeded by Russell King. [ + ]

One of Poland's largest power distribution companies, ENERGA-OPERATOR SA, has chosen Motorola Solutions' TETRA technology to migrate its communications to digital. [ + ]

APCO Australasia has announced the resignation of two key thought leaders and APCOA directors, Craig Lapsley and James Smart. [ + ]

EnerSys, a stored-energy solutions company, has acquired Melbourne-based ICS Industries, resulting in a larger reserve power, site solutions, field services and motive power business in Australia. [ + ]

The biggest challenge for FirstNet's national public safety broadband network is the need to balance the procurement process against the flexibility to adjust policies and operational requirements, said NPSTC. [ + ]

Des Bahr has resigned from his part-time position as CEO of APCO Australasia to take on a full-time position as president of the National Safety Agency. [ + ]

RSM New Zealand has announced several small updates to spectrum regulations and detailed another conviction for illegal use of RF dog tracking equipment. [ + ]

In July 1990, Kenwood Electronics was hugely expanding its warehousing in Sydney and Philips Radio was winning Australian Design Awards; and in July 2005, P25 radio was just beginning to make its presence felt in the market. [ + ]

The ACMA has advised that all apparatus licence processing will be suspended for two weeks from Friday, 14 August to Tuesday, 1 September 2015, so the agency can update its licensing systems. [ + ]

Rohde & Schwarz (R&S) has received an order from BAE Systems in the UK to equip the Royal Navy's Type 26 Global Combat Ship (T26 GCS) with an integrated communications system. [ + ]

Chicago tests LTE real-time video, Public safety LTE market to boom, FBI radio procurement challenged, FCC boss eyes 600 MHz for 5G, SK Telecom to test LTE-M, Elbit wins US$45m comms contract. [ + ]

AFAC15 will take place from Tuesday, 1 September through to Friday, 4 September, exploring the theme 'New Directions in Emergency Management'. [ + ]

WA Police has awarded Motorola Solutions an $11 million contract for a computer-aided dispatch and mobility application system. [ + ]