The Productivity Commission has been tasked with undertaking a cost-benefit analysis of the best way to deliver a mobile broadband capability for public safety agencies. [ + ]

Anritsu has successfully  demonstrated stable peak data throughput for a Category 9 LTE device and network simulator using 3x Carrier Aggregation (3x CA). [ + ]

Mayday call to be investigated; Microsoft's whitespace plans; UK military spectrum auction; Keeping in touch on an ocean race; Call for speakers for SAR conference.

China has resumed motorcycle escorts for visiting foreign leaders in Beijing, with communications supported by Hytera communication products. [ + ]

Tait has commissioned hundreds of portable and mobile radios for emergency services in a Mississippi county, with a solution that has saved the county around US$1m. [ + ]

NEC Australia's microwave radio technology will be deployed in three of the largest provinces of the Solomon Islands territory to boost mobile and fixed line broadband capacity. [ + ]

Inmarsat has completed construction of the final four satellite access stations for its Global Xpress fleet, including two sites near Auckland, New Zealand. [ + ]

TechRentals has just turned 40, having begun serving customers through the sale and repair of electronic equipment way back in 1974. [ + ]

FirstNet publishes RFI results; Canada to upgrade military comms; Is SMS 'threading' the answer?; Dow Chemical chooses Motorola TETRA.

Melbourne's Fed Square Pty Ltd has chosen Simoco's Xd DMR technology to deliver critical communications support to the cultural and entertainment precinct in the heart of Melbourne. [ + ]

ABRY Partners has acquired a majority interest in KORE Wireless, while KORE has announced the acquisition of RacoWireless, a company that provides end-to-end connectivity solutions for IoT/M2M. [ + ]

Organisers are now calling for expressions of interest to present case studies and other papers at the Comms Connect conferences in Melbourne and Sydney in 2015. [ + ]

The Department of Communications has released a consultation paper on the future management of spectrum in Australia and is seeking public comment by 2 December 2014. [ + ]

BAI's Muswellbrook broadcast tower is going off-grid and will run entirely on solar power thanks to the introduction of advanced battery storage technology. [ + ]

The duress button system that won't work; the paging system that won't work; Hams, military in joint exercise; and Russia launches its latest milcomsat.