TETRA system for gas refinery
14 April, 2009Zenitel is supplying a Motorola TETRA system to the Ormen Lange gas refinery in Aukra, on the west coast of Norway.
Radio test joint deal
08 April, 2009Aeroflex has agreed with Icom to provide automated test and alignment capabilities for Icom radios on the Aeroflex 3920 digital radio test set.
3G market move
20 January, 2009Alpha Micro Components has signed a new distribution agreement with Sierra Wireless.
Canberra opening
19 December, 2008Rohde & Schwarz has opened a representative office in the Canberra suburb of Deakin.
Underground rail to be upgraded
24 September, 2008Andrew has won a major contract to upgrade the existing communications infrastructure on one of Singapore’s mass rapid transit rail lines to support a third-generation wireless network — the first 3G service for an underground radio network in Singapore.
RFID acquisition
30 July, 2008Impinj has acquired Intel’s RFID operation, a business created by Intel’s New Business Initiatives incubator and which developed the R1000 RFID reader chip.
Meter monitoring network
26 June, 2008Coronis Systems and CMC Ekocon have announced a partnership to deploy Coronis wireless technology in the first large-scale automatic metering network in Eastern Europe.
Solar-powered recharger for mobile devices seeks local distributor
26 October, 2007An engineer from Korea is seeking Australian and international distributors for his solar-powered mobile device rechargers, which he expects will change the way we use mobile devices.
New regional service centre opened in Singapore
15 October, 2007Aeroflex has opened a regional service centre in Singapore that enables the Aeroflex Test Solutions (ATS) division to provide instrument service support to its users within the major growth markets in Asia.
Global distribution agreement
26 September, 2007Electronic component distributor Digi-Key Corporation and Nearson have signed a global distribution agreement.
New distributors
23 August, 2007Fluke Australia has announced three new distribution agreements. The newly formed Testing Equipment Solutions (TES) has been appointed the distributor of Fluke precision measurement instruments in Queensland, while NSW distribution will be handled by IPI. Triple Point Calibration (TPC) will service Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Northern Territory and Western Australia.
Distributor appointed
21 August, 2007Trio Smartcal has a new role as the distributor for Agilent Technologies for Qld, NSW, ACT, Vic and Tas. Also covered will be defence accounts in SA. Trio Smartcal will sell Agilent’s ‘basic instrument’ range of general-purpose test and measurement products.
Technical support and sales centre opened
27 July, 2007Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has announced the official opening of its new technical sales and support centre in Warwick, England.
Name change for Rosemount
24 April, 2007Emerson Process Management has announced a name change for the company’s TankRadar gauging systems from Saab Rosemount to Rosemount.
More power and name change to GS1
11 September, 2005A name change and the grant of a 4 W licence were two of the highlights of the EAN's (now GS1 Australia) Impetus 2005: Vision in Progress: Global Standards and RFID conference in Melbourne
