Industry News
P25 system for Brazil utility
Zetron's Acom advanced communications P25 system has been delivered to Tait Radio Communications for final installation at CTEEP, a major electric utility in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
[ + ]TETRA upgrade for oil and gas
EADS Defence & Security has won a contract to extend the Surgutneftegas TETRA network. The project will complete the experimental EADS network already implemented, replacing the existing analog network.
[ + ]Analog beamforming at 60 GHz
The large unlicensed frequency band internationally available around 60 GHz makes it attractive to support gigabit per second wireless applications, such as uncompressed high-definition video streaming and large file transfers.
[ + ]RadComms 2010
The Australian Communications and Media Authority’s (ACMA) next annual RadComms conference will be held from 5-6 May 2010 in Melbourne and will focus on strategic, contemporary radiofrequency spectrum management issues.
[ + ]Police radio area to be extended
Ansaldo STS has won a $2.5m data communications contract from the Western Australia Police. The contract is central to the police force’s plans to extend the coverage area of its secure digital metropolitan radio network from the current 9000 km2 to 20,000 km2.
[ + ]Cosmodrome upgraded to TETRA system
EADS Defence & Security has completed the new TETRA-based communications network, selected in 2006 by Roskosmos, the Federal Space Agency of Russia, to refurbish the trunking network at Baikonur Cosmodrome.
[ + ]PMR acquisition
Team Simoco has announced the acquisition of ComGroup, the designer and distributor of Simoco-branded mobile radio terminals that has been acquired by Team Telecom Group and will be merged with the existing operations of Team Simoco.
[ + ]Data link deal
The Bridge Networks has supplied New Zealand's National Broadcaster TVNZ with its fourth Advent SNG terminal. The 1.2 m Mantis satellite flyaway system is supplied with Vislink's 5000 series electronics satellite system.
[ + ]RFS boosts pressure in Malaysia
RFS (Radio Frequency Systems) has expanded its partnership with Malaysian distributor C&C Universal Engineering Sdn Bhd to establish a bonded warehousing facility in Port Klang.
[ + ]Satellite deal
Digi International has purchased assets from affiliates of MobiApps Holdings, a developer of machine-to-machine (M2M) communications technology, focusing on satellite, mobile and hybrid satellite/cellular solutions.
[ + ]Ground radar looks deeper
An Australian company named Midnight Opals has trialled a new generation of ground penetrating radar that promises good results.
[ + ]Spanish government regulates mobile use
The GSMA, the body that represents the worldwide mobile communications industry, says that Spain's industry ministry has announced that he will issue a decree to regulate the 790 to 862 MHz band that will be freed up after Spain phases out analog television.
[ + ]Trunked radio net uses software
Axell Wireless has launched what is believed to be the world's first terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) digital repeater based on software defined radio (SDR) technology.
[ + ]Simultaneous access for multiple networks
Radio IP Software has demonstrated what it claims is a strategic advance in current mobile VPN (virtual private network) technology.
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