Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has chosen Sepura DMR to replace its analog radio communications system at Lord's Cricket Ground in north-west London. [ + ]

Tasmania to spend $15.3 million over the next two years to deliver an integrated emergency services computer aided dispatch (ESCAD) system. [ + ]

Motorola Solutions partners with Wynyard Group to offer advanced big data analytics to public safety agencies. [ + ]

The ACMA's future is to be assessed by a new government review to ensure it is "able to effectively deal with challenges arising from a rapidly changing communications sector". [ + ]

This week: Europe's 700 MHz plan, LTE growing and shrinking, Norway military expands satcoms, all-digital DAS for DFW airport, and 80% of mobile data on HetNet infrastructure by 2020.

Signals were successfully received 108 km away during recent 'boomer-cell' tests of General Dynamics Mission Systems' high-sensitivity Band Class 14 eNodeB technology.

Inmarsat will move its Inmarsat-4 F2 (I-4 F2) communications satellite to a new orbital position above the Indian Ocean, creating a fourth full-service L-band region, which will offer enhanced connectivity capacity for customers in the Middle East and Asia (MEAS). [ + ]

Following consultation with management right holders and Crown licensees in the 3.5 GHz band, RSM has decided to allow greater use of TDD equipment in the band. [ + ]

Telstra has announced that it will continue to partner with leading mining and construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu to facilitate the future of Komatsu's ICT and machine to machine (M2M) strategy in a whole-of-business deal worth $23 million over the next three years. [ + ]

The RAAF has flown its first C-17A equipped with a new SATCOM system that provides video teleconferencing, instant messaging, email, transfer of large graphics files, VoIP and RoIP and common operating picture capability. [ + ]

Twenty-five years ago, the concern in the industry was whether traditional two-way radio communications would survive the challenge of mobiles, pagers and CB; 10 years later, in the post-9/11 world of 2005, the concerns amongst emergency services agencies had become interoperability and the adoption of radio industry standards.

The ACT Budget features $14.7 million to upgrade the Territory Radio Network repeater tower infrastructure as well as radio and terminal equipment. [ + ]

The federal government has announced that an additional 2 x 60 MHz of spectrum in regional Australia will be made available to support mobile broadband services. [ + ]

The second annual Comms Connect Sydney (3-4 June) is just days away and promises to be a highly successful event with a quality line-up of speakers, workshops and exhibitors. [ + ]

Canberra to upgrade ACT's emergency comms, Motorola TETRA at Chinese nuclear plant, TCCA's new chairperson, Europe's first 700 MHz auction and Thales and HP join for critical comms venture.