Comms Connect Sydney will have a stellar line-up of speakers, including Rod Gilmour, Chairman, NSW Telco Authority, and Shane Fitzsimmons, Commissioner, NSW Rural Fire Service. [ + ]

ARCIA is asking those in the industry to give feedback on training and education options, with a view to boosting options for suitable courses. [ + ]

The Dominican Republic has awarded a contract to Hytera Mobilfunk to extend the Caribbean island nation's TETRA system. [ + ]

Police in the administrative district of Silesia in Poland will now be equipped with Hytera radios to assist in public safety. Hytera's Polish partner RTcom received the order late last year to supply Polish police with DMR radios and accessories. [ + ]

DMR in anti-terrorism drill; Sepura acquires Fylde Micro; World Radiosport Team Challenge; Short-range radio workshop; M2M partnership.

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Simoco will demonstrate its open standards-based DMR and P25 solutions to visitors at Comms Connect in Sydney in June. [ + ]

Sepura has announced verification of its next-generation terminal and infrastructure platforms, including multi-protocol capability conforming to ETSI PMR and 3GPP standards. [ + ]

The federal government has announced that it will review current spectrum policy arrangements to ease the compliance burden on users and improve accessibility for new technologies. [ + ]

Barrett Communications has been awarded a $6 million contract to supply HF equipment to an undisclosed border security agency in Central Asia as part of a United States Assistance program. [ + ]

Macquarie University researchers have joined an international line-up of universities to develop 5G wireless technologies. [ + ]

A five-year, $10m deal will see Motorola ensure application performance and uptime certainty for QGC's liquefied natural gas project in southern Queensland. [ + ]

Zetron and Simoco have completed successful joint testing of Zetron's MAX Dispatch system using the P25 DFSI with Simoco's P25 conventional network. [ + ]

Axell Wireless has supplied equipment for Singapore's TETRA public safety network, which supports police, fire and other mission-critical organisations. [ + ]

Exelis will build a state-of-the-art research and development, testing and systems integration facility in Melbourne to support both local and export opportunities. [ + ]