Thousands of wireless microphones which are set to be sent to the scrap heap on 31 December due to new government regulations may now be saved. [ + ]

NASA's administrator, Charles Bolden, has visited Canberra to mark 50 years of partnership between Australia and the USA in deep space communications. [ + ]

The Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference will be held from 5-7 May at the QT Gold Coast Hotel. Attendees who register for the conference before 28 March will receive the early bird registration discount. [ + ]

New Zealand's Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment is reviewing the acquisition limits ('spectrum caps') on spectrum holdings in the 2.1 GHz band used for 3G mobile. [ + ]

TrustComm, a provider of satellite communications solutions, has signed a service provider agreement with Boeing Commercial Satellite Services (BCSS) to distribute the Inmarsat Global Xpress (GX) high-speed mobile broadband service. [ + ]

The United Kingdom Government has announced that it will invest more than £100 million ($185 million) in the construction phase of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). [ + ]

Queen Alia International Airport (QAIA) in Jordan has selected Sepura TETRA radios for all its digital communications requirements. [ + ]

MTR Corporation, a Hytera client, won 'Best Use of TETRA for Transport' in the recently announced 2014 International TETRA Awards. [ + ]

M2M wireless network provider KORE Wireless has established a global partnership with Taiwanese telematics hardware manufacturer ATrack. The partnership will provide ATrack customers access to KORE M2M network services in over 150 countries worldwide. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]

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. [ + ]