A weekly round-up of critical communications and public safety radio news from around the internet for Friday, 6 September 2013.

Details of the sale of nine lots of 2 x 5 MHz in the 700 MHz band have been released, along with the conditions that must be met by winning bidders. [ + ]

Construction of the 50 km long Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will be smoothed with the supply of Hytera repeaters and radios. [ + ]

Telstra, Tait Communications and AA Radio Communications win the contract to supply 6000 radios to the Victorian County Fire Authority. [ + ]

The new Queensland Government Wireless Network will be up and running in time for the G20 meetings in Brisbane in 2014. [ + ]

Australia will host defence, electronics and telecommunications leaders at the International Conference on Radar 2013 in Adelaide. [ + ]

A weekly round-up of critical communications and public safety radio news from around the internet for Friday, 30 August 2013.

Don't miss the strong line-up of speakers and exhibitors from Australia and around the world at the nation's leading radio and communication conference and exhibition. [ + ]

The FCC and Industry Canada have announced agreement on spectrum sharing arrangements for wireless applications along the nations' common border. [ + ]

Motorola Solutions has appointed Steve Crutchfield as managing director, Australia and New Zealand. [ + ]

A market study suggests the global land mobile radio market will grow by 11.7% CAGR over 2012-16. [ + ]

All Fire & Rescue NSW fire engines are being fitted with AVL technology under an $850,000 government program. [ + ]

A weekly round-up of radio and communications news from around the internet for Friday, 23 August 2013.

A European fibre network has set a Guinness World Record for the fastest rate of provisioning multiterabit optical capacity. [ + ]

Guest speaker for the 2013 SA Industry Dinner and Networking Event will be the Shadow Minister for Economic and Regional Development, Martin Hamilton-Smith. [ + ]