Omnitronics' RediTALK Digital Dispatch Console and the DRG100 have been tested to work with Tait's DMR Tier II conventional radios, adding to the existing integration with Tait on its DMR Tier III trunked radios. [ + ]

The National Public Safety Telecommunications Council says non-P25 digital technologies will negatively impact public safety interoperability in the United States. [ + ]

Emergency services organisations can now obtain automatic access to improved information about the location of Australians who dial Triple Zero (000) seeking help from a mobile. [ + ]

Tests show that portable radios used by firefighters can fail to operate properly within 15 minutes when exposed to temperatures that may be encountered during firefighting activities. [ + ]

A report from the US Department of Commerce's Office of Inspector General into practices at FirstNet has found substantial deficiencies in the agency's operations. [ + ]

Delhi government bucks at paying TETRA spectrum charges; NATO’s deployable comm system ready; Airbus tests joint TETRA-LTE system; HERO activates for Philippine typhoon.

Tasmania Police has rolled out more than 1000 3G-enabled Windows 8 tablet computers to replace in-car mobile data terminals and desktop PCs. [ + ]

Sepura has been selected by Lamas Pinto Consultants to provide a mission-critical TETRA communications system for the police in Attica, the largest administrative region of Greece. [ + ]

Police digital radio has been rolled out in the Pilbara as part of the state government's $94.5m Community Safety Regional Radio Network, with 95% of the WA population now serviced by the digital system. [ + ]

ARCIA's landmark study into the worth of spectrum used for the LMR industry is now available for download from the association's website. [ + ]

Simoco and Omnitronics have completed P25 interoperability testing of Simoco's SB2025NT Simulcast/Voting infrastructure and Omnitronics RediTALK dispatcher solution, via the DRG100 radio gateway. [ + ]

Hytera Communications has been awarded the contract to upgrade Altech Fleetcall's analog radio trunking network to a digital mobile radio network. [ + ]

Zetron's AcomEVO, utilising the P25 CSSI to link to a P25 Phase-II network, has been named a 'hot product' for 2014. [ + ]

Tait Communications has won a five-year contract to provide managed services for Pacific Gas and Electric Company's MPT Classic radio system in California. [ + ]

A long-awaited economic report reveals that spectrum used for land mobile radio (LMR) services in Australia generates benefits of between $1.99 billion and $3.72 billion every year. [ + ]