Simoco will provide over 800 DMR portable radios, as well as system infrastructure and accessories to support this year's Australian Grand Prix. [ + ]

EF Johnson Technologies has announced that JVCKENWOOD Corporation has entered into an agreement to acquire the company from its current owner, Francisco Partners. [ + ]

Airwave UK has worked with the Isle of Wight NHS Primary Care Trust to deliver an end-user engagement program to their paramedics and ambulance crews. [ + ]

The deadline for applications to speak at the APCOA 2014 conference has been extended until the close of business on 28 February. [ + ]

Key industry players, regulators, operators, manufacturers and research institutions gathered in Geneva recently for an ITU workshop on White Spaces and Cognitive Radio Systems (CRS). [ + ]

Optus has secured the contract to operate NBN Co's two purpose-built satellites that will deliver high-speed broadband across rural and remote Australia. [ + ]

Airwave UK will take part in SALUS, a 36-month European research project that aims to develop a next-generation public protection and disaster recovery (PPDR) network. [ + ]

Telstra, Ericsson and HTC test 700 MHz 4G; FCC authorises 700 MHz TDD; Massive MIMO in 96-antenna array.

Boeing has applied new anti-jamming technology to an existing military satellite for the first time, expanding the military's potential to access secure communications more affordably. [ + ]

Taiwan considers joining China's LTE bandwagon by allocating some of the 2.6 GHz band mobile services and Verizon switches on LTE in 35 Manhattan subway stations. [ + ]

The 2014 Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management conference will be held on the Gold Coast in May. [ + ]

ADF personnel who served with the Force Communications Unit in Cambodia in the 1990s have received a Meritorious Unit Citation. [ + ]

WA firefighters battle interference; Hams to AX the VK prefix; Black spots follow network shift; In-vehicle repeater proposal supported.

Organisers of the Comms Connect Sydney 2014 conference have set a deadline of 14 February for submission of paper abstracts. [ + ]

Over 2500 Sepura TETRA radios will be supplied by Selectric GmbH to fire brigades in the Middle Franconia region of Germany. [ + ]