Industry News
BAE Systems to buy Collins, Raytheon business units
BAE Systems has reached agreements for the proposed acquisitions of Collins Aerospace's military GPS business and Raytheon's Airborne Tactical Radios business. [ + ]
Waste management company selects Vertel PoC
Purple Cow Industries has swapped standard mobile phones for a fully managed push-to-talk over cellular service to improve its communications. [ + ]
France's SFR telco to offer Motorola MCPTT
France’s second-largest telecommunications operator, SFR, has chosen Motorola Solutions to provide a 3GPP compliant, mission-critical push-to-talk solution. [ + ]
Ofcom to release more spectrum to meet Wi-Fi demand
Ofcom is set to release more spectrum in a bid to meet growing Wi-Fi demands, as UK households consume 315 GB of broadband data a month. [ + ]
Kathmandu airport goes with Teltronic TETRA
Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu has become home to Nepal's first TETRA network, supplied by Spanish firm Teltronic. [ + ]
Mesh networking being tested in Earth orbit
A Lockheed Martin payload carried aboard a Tyvak 6U nanosat spacecraft is testing cloud networking and advanced satellite communications in Earth orbit. [ + ]
ARCIA's professional training day in Canberra, 30 January
The industry-accredited professional development training event will cover multi-coupling, lightning protection and GIS. [ + ]
US comms best practices database has been updated
The database covers ways to boost the security, reliability and interoperability of communications systems for industry and public safety organisations. [ + ]
Telstra and other firms form 5G Future Forum
Telstra, Verizon, Vodafone América Móvil, KT Corp and Rogers will collaborate on global 5G specifications and interoperability to fast-track 5G adoption. [ + ]
MCP acquires Black & Veatch's public safety consulting arm
The acquisition boosts Mission Critical Partners' ability to modernise wireless communications networks through increased IT support services. [ + ]
US Air Force base to get 5G, FirstNet
The US Air Force's Nellis Air Force Base and AT&T have signed an agreement under which the telco will provide 5G services along with FirstNet connectivity. [ + ]
US county swaps on-premise for cloud-based CAD
Charleston County Consolidated 9-1-1 Centre will implement RapidDeploy's Nimbus CAD, a cloud-native platform powered by Microsoft's Azure Government Cloud. [ + ]
Oakland deploys Motorola disaster recovery service
Oakland, California, has selected Motorola Solutions' PremierOne CAD disaster-recovery-as-a-service solution to provide a standby system in the cloud. [ + ]
Alaska gives carriers 12 months' notice on Wireless 911
Alaska's Department of Public Safety has given carriers a one-year courtesy notice that a formal request for the implementation of Wireless 911 will occur. [ + ]
VIDEO: FirstNet put to the test as 30,000 evacuated
Three first responder agencies in Ohio maintained seamless communications when a severe thunderstorm threatened a football festival. [ + ]
