Emergency call centre partnership for Victoria
11 May, 2004Like many state and national governments around the globe, the Australian state of Victoria privatised its government-owned utilities in the late 1990s. Among the assets was an entity known as the National Response Centre (NRC)
Conquering that 'last mile'
11 February, 2004Pioneering work by physicists and engineers at ANU to build a cheap, simple and robust wireless communication system may soon see regional Australia getting a workable connection to the Internet
Operation of Radio LANs in the 5 GHz band may be expanded
23 January, 2004The 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).
ACA launches Vision 20/20 project
10 December, 2003The 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
08 December, 2003The 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.
