Industry News
Satellite phone company to sponsor yacht race
Globalstar, an Australian dual mode mobile satellite and cellular mobile telephone service provider, has announced its official sponsorship of this year’s television broadcast of the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race on Boxing Day.
[ + ]Launch of satellite mobile service
Globalstar has launched its Mobile everywhere product at the ATUG (Australian Telecommunications Users Group) 2004 Regional Conference being held this month.
[ + ]Operation of Radio LANs in the 5 GHz band may be expanded
The operation of radio local area networks (RLANs) in the 5 GHz frequency range in Australia may soon be expanded under proposals being considered by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA).
[ + ]UniSA signs $1m technology development deal
The University of South Australia has joined forces with the SciVentures Pre-Seed Fund to take on the world's digital wireless communications market.
[ + ]Tiny nanotube antennas may yield better signals
In the future, mobile phone calls and television pictures could become a lot clearer thanks to tiny antennas thousands of times smaller than the width of a human hair. At least that's the speculation of a University of Southern California researcher who has been investigating nanotube transistors.
[ + ]Lowering the cost of multimedia services for airlines
British company ERA Technology has received a grant from the UK Department of Trade and Industry under its Aeronautics Research Program to help fund research into new communications technology for the aerospace industry.
[ + ]ACA launches Vision 20/20 project
The Australian Communications Authority (ACA) has launched a project to provide strategic insights into the future of communications regulation.
[ + ]Radio waves help see moisture inside walls
The building community soon may have radio vision - a new way to 'see' moisture inside walls. Building researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the US have joined forces with Intelligent Automation Inc. to develop a way to use ultra wide-band radio waves to non-destructively detect moisture within the walls of a building.
[ + ]Wireless technology may help doctors treat patients
Wireless technology may put doctors who don't rely on desktop computers and paper charts in a better position to treat their patients.
[ + ]Philippines mobile carrier selects Mobilitec
The Philippines' largest mobile carrier, SMART Communications, has selected to commercially deploy Mobilitec's prominent solution for Over-the-Air content delivery and management, mPower. SMART is Mobilitec's eleventh carrier grade commercial deployment. With this deployment, Mobilitec's customer base now represents a potential base of over 70 million users.
[ + ]Hotspot Global announces marina Wi-Fi partnership
Wi-Fi clearinghouse, Hotspot Global has announced a key partnership to deliver 'Broadband for Boats' around Australia.
[ + ]Bright future for ATMs
Research carried out by NCR Corporation in co-operation with the University of Dundee in Scotland may be the key to automated teller machine (ATM) deployment in some of the more remote corners of the globe. The Dundee research has demonstrated how an ATM could run on DC current from batteries powered by a solar panel.
[ + ]Malaysian Armed Forces launch Tetrapol comms system
Earlier this year, Malaysian Deputy Defence Minister, Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal, inaugurated in Sabah, Eastern Malaysia, the Tetrapol network used by the Malaysian Armed Forces.
[ + ]Improving performance of wireless communications
Researchers at the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) in the US and Motorola's Advanced Technology Center are developing three-dimensional switches and tiny fuel cells to improve the reception quality and extend the operating time for wireless communications and other wireless sensing devices.
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