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News: Govt quashes dedicated public safety mobile proposal

Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2016 2:51 pm
by vk6hgr
Will push for capabilities on existing LTE networks.

The federal government has quashed calls from public safety agencies for a dedicated LTE network, today saying it would adopt the recommendations of a Productivity Commission report that suggested using existing telco networks.
http://www.itnews.com.au/news/govt-quas ... sal-442472

Re: News: Govt quashes dedicated public safety mobile propos

Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 12:01 pm
by roland985
Looks like we'll end up being on Land Mobile Radio for a lot longer as a result of this, as existing infrastructure does not work everywhere that WAERN/WAPOLRAD/ whatever else the other states are using do.

I don't mind that prospect at all.

Re: News: Govt quashes dedicated public safety mobile propos

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2016 6:21 pm
by VK6LD
I saw this mentioned on the news last night - Telstra giving priority to emergency services on Their LTE mobile network.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/onlin ... f8c630c7ce

http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-an ... rmc9o.html

Telstra using drones to inspect their mobile towers after bushfires was also mentioned in the story.

https://exchange.telstra.com.au/2016/07 ... e-network/

Cheers.