Industry News
Command and control room/PSAP market research
According to a recently published IHS report, the global market for command and control room technologies and services is projected to exceed US$7 billion by 2019. [ + ]
Motorola and Skyscape join for cloud-based public safety SaaS
Motorola Solutions and Skyscape Cloud Services have partnered to offer smart public safety solutions to UK government agencies through a cloud-delivered software as a service (SaaS) model. [ + ]
Fire & Rescue NSW unit selects GME CB
GME has won a contract to supply its TX675 handheld UHF CB radios to Fire & Rescue NSW Community Fire Units. [ + ]
ACMA enhances spectrum auction capabilities
The ACMA has signed a multiyear contract with US-based Power Auctions for the provision of software for conducting spectrum auctions. [ + ]
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 31 July 2015
Sydney's emergency comms go silent, Tait Academy numbers double, 9-1-1 service goes cloudy, Norway and Russia discuss spectrum, South Korea to test LTE PTT, and FirstNet looking at mobile comms. [ + ]
Cobham opens Singapore office
Cobham Communications and Connectivity has opened a new facility in Singapore to drive further growth of its business activities across the Asia Pacific market. [ + ]
Sensus and BAI launch partnership in digital infrastructure
Sensus and BAI have partnered on a digital infrastructure to enable water utilities to remotely monitor and diagnose problems and pre-emptively prioritise and manage maintenance issues. [ + ]
WGS-7 satellite to provide more military bandwidth
The seventh Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) satellite is now in orbit and will soon provide the US and allied militaries with 17% more secure communications bandwidth than its predecessors, thanks to a payload upgrade. [ + ]
Friday fragments — critical comms snippets for 24 July 2015
Don't miss Comms Connect Brisbane on 30 July, Microsoft releases open-source SDR, San Francisco's rail radio upgrade, FirstNet plans, local council recognises amateurs, and are you paying too much for your satcoms? [ + ]
ESA and Inmarsat partner for mobile satcom research
ESA and Inmarsat have signed an agreement worth around €4.2m for research into identifying new technologies for the next generation of space-enabled communications services. [ + ]
Boeing demonstrates digital GPS navigation signals
Boeing has successfully demonstrated a digital version of GPS III navigation signals, a breakthrough that could contribute to significantly modernising the service. [ + ]
US agencies seek partners for communications test bed
The US Public Safety Communications Research program is signing up a new round of industry collaborators for the test bed used to evaluate advanced broadband equipment and software for emergency first responders. [ + ]
Industry leaders to open ACI Connect 2015 in Sydney next month
Senior executives from Engineers Australia and the Institute of Instrumentation, Control & Automation (IICA) will open Australia's premier automation, control and instrumentation conference and expo, ACI Connect, next month in Sydney. [ + ]
Enhanced testing process for new applications and services over TETRA networks
The TCCA has announced the introduction of a formal testing process for the TETRA Peripheral Equipment Interface (PEI) that will accelerate the introduction of new services over TETRA. [ + ]
RF interference from energy-efficient lighting
Public safety organisations in the US and Canada are experiencing radio network interference from lighting, such as LEDs, according to an NPSTC report. [ + ]
