Industry News
Registrations open soon for APCO Australasia/ARCIA seminar and dinner
APCO Australasia and the Australian Radio Communications Industry Association are combining to provide two functions for the communications industry and users. The functions will be held at the Pagoda Ballroom in South Perth on 10 April 2014. [ + ]
Private public safety LTE market worth $2 billion by 2020
ReportsnReports.com has released 'The Public Safety LTE & Mobile Broadband Market: 2014-2020'. The report presents an in-depth assessment of the global public safety LTE market, besides considering the wider LMR and mobile broadband industries. [ + ]
Double-digit growth forecast for low-power wireless modules
IHS Technology has released the 'Low Power Wireless Modules Report - 2013', which finds that the global market for low-power wireless modules will enjoy strong double-digit growth this year. [ + ]
'Father of the geostationary satellite' gets lifetime achievement award
Harold A Rosen, whose work helped make possible the global broadband communications that shapes modern society, has received a lifetime achievement award from Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine. [ + ]
ABI assesses top DAS vendors
Market intelligence firm ABI Research has released its latest DAS Vendor Competitive Assessment. Topping the assessment is CommScope, which is followed by TE Connectivity, Axell, Corning and SOLiD. [ + ]
Brazil is not mobile-ready for FIFA World Cup, says Infonetics
Stéphane Téral, Infonetics' principal analyst for mobile infrastructure and carrier economics, believes that Brazil will not be mobile-ready for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. [ + ]
Airwave Smart Mobile launched for public service organisations
Airwave, a mission-critical voice and data communications provider, has launched Airwave Smart Mobile at Critical Communications Europe 2014 in Amsterdam. [ + ]
Sepura creates senior government and public safety role
Digital radio company Sepura has appointed Jonathan Hamill into a newly created senior executive role of VP government and public safety. [ + ]
2 million hours of operation for Zetron AcomEVO systems
Zetron, a provider of mission-critical systems, has announced that implementations of its Advanced Communications (AcomEVO) system have logged more than 2 million hours of successful operation at user sites throughout North and South America and Australia. [ + ]
Motorola to develop public safety broadband network for LA
The Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communication System Authority (LA-RICS) has selected Motorola Solutions to develop a wireless public safety broadband network (PSBN). [ + ]
Ocean Signal appoints Australian distributor
UK-based company Ocean Signal, which specialises in communications and safety at sea, has announced the appointment of All Sat Communications as its new distributor in Australia. [ + ]
Massive MIMO test system to have 100 nodes
National Instruments and Lund University have announced a collaboration on the development of a test bed capable of prototyping a massive MIMO system. [ + ]
Kordia Australia gets new chief executive
Kordia Group has announced the appointment of Ken Benson to the position of chief executive of Kordia Australia. [ + ]
Motorola Solutions unveils police car of the future in Australia
Motorola Solutions has launched an emergency vehicle of the future with the unveiling of a fully operational concept connected patrol car, equipped with state-of-the-art technology. [ + ]
Aeroflex commits to 5G research and development
Aeroflex has announced that it is actively working on developing technologies towards potential 5G wireless systems, and is a founding member of the 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) program, led by the University of Surrey, UK. [ + ]
