Scientists warn of wireless and EMF dangers
12 May, 2015
Almost 200 scientists from 39 nations are demanding more protective exposure guidelines for EMF and wireless technology in the face of increasing evidence of risk, calling it a rapidly growing form of environmental pollution.
Friday fragments - critical comms snippets for 8 May 2015
08 May, 2015Airwave system goes down in London, Icom NZ and Rohde & Schwarz win awards, Airbus delivers satcoms to French, and FCC looking at Wi-Fi, LTE shared use issues.
Authorities crack down on unlicensed mobile phone repeaters
07 May, 2015The ACMA and New South Wales Fair Trading have warned consumers about the use of unlicensed mobile phone repeaters, with Fair Trading serving a cease-and-desist order on the largest internet supplier of repeaters, Mobile Repeaters Australia (MRA).
Comms Connect Sydney 2015 - full program available
06 May, 2015 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: Comms Connect (WFevents)Comms Connect Sydney will be held 3-4 June and has attracted almost twice as many exhibitors as last year, plus a first-class line-up of speakers, workshops and case study presentations.
Friday fragments - critical comms news for 1 May
01 May, 2015The birthplace of radio lives on, ACMA lowers amateur licence fees, German spectrum auction attracts three bidders, radios found to be useless inside, DARPA calls for undersea communications innovations and Oregon holds emergency comms exercise.
ACMA 400 MHz developments update
28 April, 2015 | Supplied by: Australian Communications and Media Authority
The ACMA has advised all 400 MHz licensees that licence processing will be suspended from 11-26 May. Renewals that fall due during this period should be paid beforehand.
Friday fragments - critical comms news for 24 April
24 April, 2015Comms users collide over vehicle frequencies, FM on your phone, radios for the community, carrier-hosted P25 service, Norway to ditch FM, and how safe is encryption?
Securing public safety broadband networks
23 April, 2015The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published an analysis of how a public safety broadband network can be secured so that only approved first responders and public safety personnel can access it.
Tait launches online critical comms learning portal
23 April, 2015 | Supplied by: Tait Electronics (Aust) Pty LtdTait Communications has launched a new online education program, Tait Radio Academy, with courses written by experts with decades of industry experience in education and radio technology.
Smart meter trials using LTE communications
22 April, 2015Trials in Germany have shown that LTE is highly viable as a communications medium for power utility smart metering systems.
Commission releases mobile broadband issues paper
21 April, 2015The Productivity Commission has released an issues paper to guide those intending to make submissions to the study it is undertaking into ways to secure a mobile broadband capability for Australia's public safety agencies.
Commission releases mobile broadband issues paper
21 April, 2015The Productivity Commission has released an issues paper to guide those intending to make submissions to the study it is undertaking into ways to secure a mobile broadband capability for Australia's public safety agencies.
Proposals in for $100m mobile black spots program
20 April, 2015The federal government's $100 million Mobile Black Spot Programme has reached an important milestone, with proposals now received from Telstra, Optus and Vodafone for funding under the program.
Friday fragments - comms news from around the web for 17 April 2015
17 April, 2015
Comms Connect Sydney program released, Nokia's 5G test tops 10 Gbps, US military comms go underground, rail police want access to emergency frequencies, radio tower properties fetch US$369 million.
Friday fragments - comms news from around the web for April 17 2015
17 April, 2015
Comms Connect Sydney program released, Nokia's 5G test tops 10 Gbps, US military comms go underground, rail police want access to emergency frequencies, radio tower properties fetch US$369 million.
