Industry News
NTIA asks US agencies to review spectrum use
US agencies have nine months to review their spectrum assignments and submit that data to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. [ + ]
ASTRID extends Airbus-Proximus support contract
The Airbus-Proximus consortium will continue to support and maintain Belgium's national emergency TETRA, paging and dispatching networks. [ + ]
Mexico’s Querétaro state selects Airbus's MXLINK
The State Government of Querétaro has chosen Airbus's MXLINK MVNO to provide secure mobile broadband communications. [ + ]
White paper explores security aspects of 5G
The advent of 5G will provide new cybersecurity safeguards for networks and customers, according to a new white paper from 5G Americas. [ + ]
ACRNA's 2019 conference coming up in October
The Australian Control Room Network Association 2019 Conference will be held in Melbourne from 29–31 October. [ + ]
NZ's RSM called in to help locate PLB
RSM used its Automatic Direction Finder plus manual tracking to locate an unregistered personal locator beacon that couldn't be detected by satellites. [ + ]
EC launches infringement procedures over 112
The European Commission has chastised Croatia, Czechia, Germany, Greece and Spain for failing to fully implement 112 emergency number directives. [ + ]
Public safety, security to lead PTT-over-cellular market
The global push-to-talk-over-cellular market will grow at 9.7% CAGR over 2019–29, with collaborations thriving between vendors and service providers. [ + ]
Software-centric networks the key to 5G success
Even as 5G core networks begin to roll out, mobile service providers are being urged to look ahead to the next stage — software-centric services. [ + ]
TASSTA joins TCCA
PTT solution provider TASSTA has become a member of TCCA. Based in Germany, the firm also has regional offices in Brazil, the UAE and the USA. [ + ]
Enterprise-level wireless for WA's Mid West farmers
The latest telecommunications tower for a new wireless network serving farmers in WA's Mid West region has been switched on. [ + ]
New Geraldton Greenough SES HQ includes comms centre
The $1.9 million high-tech facility can operate as an incident control centre equipped to manage large-scale emergencies. [ + ]
DOCOMO PACIFIC, AT&T join to deploy FirstNet in Guam
DOCOMO PACIFIC has been selected by AT&T to support FirstNet deployment via its LTE network and build additional coverage with FirstNet Band 14 spectrum. [ + ]
ICASA proposes apparatus exempt from spectrum licences
Annexure B of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations deals with apparatus exempt from RF spectrum licences, covering a wide range of equipment categories. [ + ]
Massachusetts okays Verizon to offer public safety services
Verizon will offer priority and pre-emption and a virtualised separate 4G LTE core via the state's public safety grade wireless agreement. [ + ]
