Altium and Desktop EDA have partnered to provide PCB designers better ECAD and MCAD integration with Dassault SolidWorks, Siemens Solid Edge and Autodesk Inventor. [ + ]

Western Australian industry and science will benefit from a $26m WA government investment in the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research. [ + ]

Zetron will resell Direct Technology’s Emergency Call-Tracking System (ECaTs), an advanced management reporting solution for 9-1-1 systems. [ + ]

Rohde & Schwarz and HAMEG Instruments are set to deliver a range of cost-effective test and measurement 'Value Instruments'. [ + ]

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Zetron will demonstrate its Remote Command-and-Control Suite at APCO 2013 in Anaheim, California. [ + ]

Broadcast Australia has announced that Paul Mullen, managing director of Hostworks, is to leave the company. [ + ]

NASA has chosen MATLAB and Simulink software for use aboard the International Space Station. [ + ]

Simoco is supplying Australian embassies worldwide with P25 systems for use by federal police and embassy staff. [ + ]

Two hundred LTE networks have been commercially launched in 76 countries, according to the Global mobile Suppliers Association. [ + ]

A partnership between Zetron and Eventide will see Zetron integrate the NexLog logging recorder into its systems. [ + ]

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Registrations are now open for Comms Connect 2013, and the full line-up of speakers and workshops has been announced. [ + ]

The world’s oldest endurance car race benefited from installation and use of Hytera repeaters and hand-portable radios. [ + ]

Simoco will supply its Xd DMR radio communication network for the Adelaide Oval, currently undergoing a $535 million redevelopment. [ + ]