Public safety comms must embrace connectivity
14 July, 2016 by Professor Thas A NirmalathasThere are great opportunities for the public safety sector to take advantage of the growth in connectivity, but collaboration is needed to fast-track the transformation.
Wireless sensor research breakthrough
13 July, 2016ANU researchers are a step closer to harvesting renewable or ambient energy from mobile phone base stations to power wireless sensors.
Keysight claims breakthrough in 100+ GHz
28 June, 2016Keysight Technologies has announced indium phosphide chipsets that will usher a new series of oscilloscopes with bandwidths greater than 100 GHz and lower noise floors.
3GPP standardises LPWA technologies
27 June, 2016The 3rd Generation Partnership Project has standardised three low-power, wide-area (LPWA) technologies in licensed spectrum in Release 13.
Cross-platform military radio demo
24 June, 2016Bittium and Leonardo-Finmeccanica have demonstrated cross-platform radio technology for effective joint European military operations.
Disaster management centre annual report
07 June, 2016Australia's Centre for Disaster Management and Public Safety has issued its annual report covering its research sectors, including mission-critical communications.
US public safety band report
07 June, 2016NPSTC has issued an update report on requirements for a T-Band spectrum auction and for public safety relocation out of the band.
Huawei and IHS’s public safety LTE white paper
02 June, 2016A joint Huawei and HIS white paper looks at trends in private LTE network development and makes recommendations for the deployment of LTE-based public safety networks.
Radar sats and laser comms in orbit
02 June, 2016Satellite radar data has been sent down to Earth via a 35,000 km, 600 Mbps laser link to a relay satellite.
Backhaul, May 2016: the industry 10 and 25 years ago
31 May, 2016Take a trip down memory lane as we look at what was happening in the critical communications field in Australia in the distant and not-too-distant past.
Working together to benefit the industry
24 May, 2016 by Hamish Duff, President, ARCIAThe critical communications industry as a whole needs to collaborate more to demonstrate the value of communications across a multitude of market sectors, says ARCIA's Hamish Duff.
Towards a new spectrum management framework
23 May, 2016 by Richard Bean, Acting Chairman, ACMAThe ACMA relishes the opportunity to develop a more efficient and effective spectrum management framework to benefit all spectrum users, said the acting chairman, Richard Bean.
International regulatory news update
20 May, 2016What's going on in international regulatory news? The ACMA lays it out.
Thales leads Fed4PMR consortium for broadband PMR
19 May, 2016Thales is leading the Fed4PMR project to develop a future high-data-rate 4G/LTE communication network for security agencies and emergency services.
Jammers trial proposed for NSW gaol
06 May, 2016ACMA is seeking industry comment on a proposed trial of mobile phone jammers at Goulburn Correctional Complex in NSW.