Backhaul takes you on a trip down memory lane as we look at developments in the critical communications industry 25 and 10 years ago.

Registrations are now open for ACMA's RadComms2014: Spectrum rebooted - taking stock conference in Sydney in September. [ + ]

M2M wireless network provider KORE Wireless will sponsor and present at the upcoming MobileTech 2014 conferences in Brisbane and Auckland. [ + ]

NBN Co has chosen Ericsson Australia to deliver fixed wireless and satellite services to businesses and consumers across regional and rural Australia. [ + ]

The GPS IIF-7 satellite was launched into orbit on 1 August, becoming the seventh of 12 such satellites Boeing has built for the US Air Force, and the third on-orbit delivery this year. [ + ]

Simoco has begun rolling out critical communications technology for VicRoads to improve the efficiency of its mobile radios and safety of its vehicles and drivers. The initiative sees the supply of an in-vehicle P25 upgradable solution, specifically designed to address the needs of the emergency services, to the Victorian State Road Authority. [ + ]

The 18th meeting of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC), held from 22-23 July, was hosted by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) in Sophia Antipolis, France. [ + ]

Proposals for the SATELLITE 2015 conference and exhibition, to be held from 16-19 March in Washington, DC, are closing soon. [ + ]

Zetron will conduct a live demonstration of its Pathway P25 DFSI gateway at the annual APCO conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, next month. [ + ]

The federal government has announced an investment of $3.2 million in new sea and air rescue facilities at Broome through the Community Development Grants Programme. [ + ]

For the US Army's 2014 Joint Users Interoperability Communications Exercise, Mutualink seamlessly and securely connected all participants via a resilient, peer-to-peer ad hoc network. [ + ]

Comms Connect Melbourne; Voters to decide on US$46m radio system; UK selling military comms gear to Russia; Kenyan radio contract in dispute; FEMA and hams join forces; IoT to save lives.

Don't miss out on attending ARCIA's 31 July seminar day and dinner in Brisbane, as well as Comms Connect Melbourne at the end of September. [ + ]

The TCCA has welcomed the stated commitment of new European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker to make much better use of the great opportunities offered by digital technologies. [ + ]

PowerTrunk has been awarded the contract to deploy a digital TETRA land mobile radio system in support of operations at a gold mine in Canada's northernmost Nunavut region, 170 km south of the Arctic Circle. [ + ]