A CSIRO report reveals how emerging technologies help emergency services better manage natural disasters and minimise their effects on people, infrastructure and the environment. [ + ]

Rugged Hytera radios were used in the Dallaglio Flintoff Cycle Slam charity ride in the UK. [ + ]

Comtec has received a contract to advise, project manage and integrate both private mobile radio and radio services for The Shard in London. [ + ]

Chris Chapman will give the closing keynote address at this year’s RadioComms Connect on 4 December with his paper, 400 MHz and Beyond. [ + ]

DARPA’s WNaN radios have been selected for the US Army’s NIE 13.1 experiment at Fort Bliss. [ + ]

Australian researchers have combined computer simulations with ASKAP’s specifications to find out the capabilities of the telescope. They believe two ASKAP surveys will find 700,000 undiscovered galaxies in the universe. [ + ]

Hytera Mobilfunk has acquired a German company that specialises in wireless protocols. [ + ]

The DMR Association has welcomed Bosch, Catalyst Communications, Telent and Twisted Pair Solutions as association members. [ + ]

Early bird registrations are open for APCO’s 10th Annual Conference and Exhibition, to be held in Adelaide, SA. [ + ]

Simoco has undergone changes, with Team Simoco and ComGroup being renamed and a global website launched. The company has also released its Xd range of mobile radio products. [ + ]

On two stands at the PMR-Expo in Germany, Sepura will show its intrinsically safe radios and TETRA infrastructure systems. [ + ]

By pre-registering online to visit the RadioComms Connect exhibition, the passes are free of charge (conditions apply). [ + ]

Applications are now open for next year’s National Science Week, held in August. [ + ]

Navman Wireless has partnered with Telstra to release its Qube 4 GPS fleet tracking unit in Australia.

Hytera Communications has received the Windsor Award for Investment in the UK. [ + ]