Minister blasts telcos over infrastructure data delay
03 February, 2021Emergency Management Minister David Littleproud has blasted the major telcos for failing to provide information on the location and redundancy of infrastructure.
AMSA to conduct EPIRB inspections from February to April
02 February, 2021Inspections of float-free EPIRBs will be conducted by the Australian Maritime Safety Agency to help operators comply with new requirements.
Navy ship comms help with Fiji disaster relief
25 January, 2021HMAS Adelaide's Communication and Information Systems sailors and Army signallers have been bridging the gap between the ship and personnel ashore in Fiji.
AML leads to swift recovery of stranded kayakers
14 January, 2021Advanced Mobile Location has helped save stranded kayakers at Seacliff, in South Australia, pinpointing the pair's location after a Triple Zero call.
Telstra awarded $567m TasGRN contract
14 January, 2021 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: Telstra Strategic Marketing GroupTasmanian mission- and business-critical organisations will soon have a new multiagency emergency radiocommunications network.
Best of 2020: Whatever happened to the National Strategic Radio System?
04 January, 2021 by Ben Cosier | Supplied by: IMPULSE WirelessGovernments have known about interoperability problems for decades. It is time for something to be done about it, says Ben Cosier.
Best of 2020: No room for communications complacency in the 'new normal'
30 December, 2020 by Ian Miller* | Supplied by: ARCIAAustralia's public safety communications need to be treated as a single ecosystem, with full spectrum allocations and proper funding.
Best of 2020: Keeping the Met connected with TETRA
21 December, 2020 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: SepuraWith the ESN delayed, the London Metropolitan Police is refreshing its TETRA network to maintain services and add innovative capabilities.
NSW to get eight extra COWs for emergency comms
17 December, 2020The NSW Government will deliver eight new Cell on Wheels units to boost the state's Public Safety Network, should any fixed infrastructure become damaged this summer.
Huge expansion of emergency satellite comms
17 December, 2020 by Jonathan Nally | Supplied by: nbn co ltdHundreds of new fixed and mobile satellite dishes will give better broadband connectivity for first responders and the community during natural disasters.
WA announces plans for new emergency radio network
14 December, 2020The project will replace more than 11,000 radio devices during its first phase, with the ultimate goal of building a new statewide communications system.
Public Safety Mobile Broadband to be expedited
14 December, 2020 by Jonathan NallyAustralia's governments seem to have finally gotten the message regarding rolling out a national Public Safety Mobile Broadband capability.
BAI awarded contract to operate NSW's PSN
08 December, 2020 | Supplied by: BAI CommunicationsThe NSW Telco Authority has awarded BAI Communications a five-year contract to manage the state's Public Safety Network, including the Network Operations Control Centre.
US mobile networks at severe risk from fires
11 November, 2020 by Chris BarncardAbout one in four people in the US live in areas served by cellular phone towers at risk of an outage caused by wildfires, according to researchers.
Telcos, energy networks addressing power outages
06 November, 2020Energy Networks Australia and Communications Alliance have signed an MOU to improve collaboration and knowledge-sharing to better respond to emergency situations.
