RadioComms News

Antenna range available

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:56:49 +0000

M2M Connectivity has become the distributor for Australia and New Zealand for Maxtena, a GPS antenna manufacturing company.

Fleet management deal

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:51:32 +0000

Advantech has partnered with u-blox, a supplier of embedded positioning and wireless communications products, to provide in-vehicle computing solutions for fleet management.

Mobile congress in February

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:28:15 +0000

The GSMA 2010 Mobile World Congress will be held from 15-18 February 2010 at the Fira de Barcelona at Montjuic in Barcelona, Spain.

RFID extends its range

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:47:53 +0000

Magellan Technology and Creative Electronics and Software have completed an agreement for CES to develop, manufacture and market Magellan's radio frequency identification (RFID) reader products.

GPS/satellite agreement

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:16:10 +0000

Richardson Electronics has signed a global distribution agreement with Sarantel, manufacturer of filtering antennas for mobile and wireless devices.

Free EPIRBs saving lives

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:50:28 +0000

A free service providing person locator beacons to bushwalkers in the Blue Mountaints may already have saved a life and assisted the rescue of two other bushwalkers.

Factory automation under scrutiny

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:15:30 +0000

ETSI has launched a Wireless Factory Starter Group, aimed at identifying standardisation needs and opportunities in the expanding domain of wireless factory automation.

New company may boost safety radio

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:00:51 +0000

Airwave Solutions Australia has been formed in a partnership between Airwave Solutions (UK), a private mobile radio network operator, and Broadcast Australia, an independent national wireless communications network operator.

LTE handset certification

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:20:22 +0000

Aeroflex and w2bi (Wireless to Business Integration) have agreed to pool their test expertise and technology to jointly develop a network certification platform for LTE mobile devices.

Boost to Asian supply chain

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 01:47:01 +0000

Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) has expanded its partnership with Malaysian distributor C&C Universal Engineering to establish a bonded warehousing facility in Port Klang.

Safety radio sector receives a boost

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:51:24 +0000

Australia’s public safety communications sector has been boosted with the establishment of emergency and private mobile radio network specialist, Airwave Solutions Australia, that promises network resilience, security, coverage and interoperability for a wide variety of public safety agencies.

TETRA network expanded

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:43:08 +0000

EADS Defence & Security is extending the TETRA radio network of Stadtwerke München. Around 1000 subscribers use the network, which is being expanded from 15 to a total of 31 TB3 base stations.

Agreement renewed

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 03:38:48 +0000

Daniels Electronics has renewed its radios distribution agreement with Kenwood USA that will continue to distribute Daniels radios for public safety and government agencies throughout the US.

Transport spectrum event

Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:56:37 +0000

A focus on technical innovation in transport and how it is driving changes in radiofrequency spectrum planning and use is the topic of the Transport Spectrum Tune-Up in Melbourne on 18 November.

Test system for Marine Corps

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:28:42 +0000

Aeroflex has won a five-year, $47m contract with the US Marine Corps to supply ground radio maintenance automatic test systems.

Sensors may lead to better sleep

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:33:36 +0000

IMEC and its research affiliate, Holst Centre, have demonstrated a wireless sleep staging system.

Centre to boost SKA prospects

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:58:49 +0000

A $100 million International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) has been opened in Perth.

Factory automation under scrutiny

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:22:38 +0000

Motorola has won a contract to provide a TETRA digital trunked radio communications network to Urumqi Airport, China, together with Beijing Civil Aviation Tianyu Technology Development.

WAPOL coverage extended

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:42:45 +0000

Motorola Australia is providing an extension of the mobile data system of the Western Australia Police (WAPOL) and the Western Australia Department of Corrective Services (DCS) that will more than double the previous coverage area, providing the community with better-equipped police and prison officers.

World Cup scores radio system

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 01:40:49 +0000

Andrew, through its South African affiliate company Systems Designs, will provide indoor wireless coverage and capacity solution, the Intelligent Optical Network (ION) fibre distributed antenna system, in five of the 10 South African stadiums to be used for the 2010 World Cup.