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. [ + ]

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

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. [ + ]

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.

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. [ + ]

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

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

Malaysia has awarded a major contract to Simoco's partner, Muzzam Teknologi, for the deployment of a full-scale Solar P25 system across the government's public security division. [ + ]

A new report has been released that forecasts the market trends for the LMR industry over the 2012-18 timeframe. [ + ]

Zetron has completed successful testing of its AcomEVO system integrated with EFJohnson's P25 CSSI infrastructure. [ + ]

Zetron, RELM Wireless and Spectra Engineering have completed successful joint testing of Zetron's AcomEVO console system using P25 DFSI to connect to RELM Wireless and Spectra Engineering's DFSI-based repeaters and base stations. [ + ]

ACMA and the ITU will host representatives from 25 regional communications regulators in Sydney this week at the fourth Asia Pacific Regulators' Roundtable. [ + ]

Don't miss ARCIA's Brisbane event; Victorian town gets upgraded safety comms; Joint US/Australian spy comms base; Canada to auction AWS-3 spectrum; Motorola opens Euro test lab.