Industry News
Sepura sends to Japan
Sepura has delivered 50 radios and other equipment to a British search and rescue team in Japan, following the March earthquake and tsunami.
[ + ]Sepura radios for Dutch police
Sepura has won a contract with the Royal Military Police, Netherlands, to supply STP8000 portable radios.
[ + ]$14m TETRA network for Qld gas project
Motorola will supply radio communications infrastructure for QGC’s liquefied natural gas project.
[ + ]Contact centre partnership
Vicorp Corporation has formed a partnership with Soanar to bring Vicorp's communications technology to contact centres.
[ + ]Detector ‘unleashed’ at jail conference
A handheld mobile phone detector called the Wolfhound-PRO has been introduced to the American Correctional Association’s 2011 Winter Conference in the US. The Wolfhound-PRO is the third in a line of BVS's advanced, award-winning cell phone detection products and the most advanced in terms of sensitivity and features.
[ + ]GNSS range
Step Global has added the Tallysman Wireless products to its range of GNSS (global navigation satellite systems).
[ + ]Spectrum trading to improve
The ACMA is implementing some measures to remove regulatory barriers to spectrum trading and leasing, and to provide better information to radiocommunications users.
[ + ]Keeping track of surgical sponges
Using the same technology found in clothing tags used in retail shop tracking systems, a study from the University of North Carolina shows that surgical sponges with implanted RF tags may be an effective adjunct to manual counting and X-ray detection in preventing sponges from being left behind in patients following surgery.
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