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By John Laughton – Chairman We gave COVID-19 the same treatment we give Ozzy at a Bledisloe match “Your out Mate” now we just need Merica, strya and the British to sort there ends. As the industry dictates Communications are essential services and that has not slowed throughout the last few months. As the industry

Very simply put, antennas transfer the power, energy from voltage and current, from an antenna feed into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) in the form of Electromagnetic waves. These electromagnetic waves form patterns that can be controlled. A highly directive antenna will radiate a number of beams, or lobes, with one ‘main lobe’, a number of ‘sidelobes’, and

Ever since mass-produced outdoor General User Radio Licence (GURL) products hit the market, there has been the fear that the entire 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands would collapse and become completely unusable. This is true in some high-density urban city areas and certain radio towers. What we tend to see though is that the manufacturers are

Going back a few years now it seemed that mobile radio was nearing the end of its life with our typical users as cellular coverage grew and everyone had a least one cell phone, then came the reality that cell phones do not replace mobile radio.  Mobile radio is a business tool, rather than a

Internet of Things (IOT), Internet of Everything (IOE), both buzz words of the minute. Confusing to some, scary to others, but what we as an industry group need to know, is that we have been delivering these sorts of systems for a long time now. Yes, ‘IOT’ has a more modern ring to it than

The last comprehensive review of the Act was in the late 1990s. Technology changes and increases in demand for spectrum since then mean it is now timely to reconsider how the spectrum is managed to ensure the most efficient and effective outcomes for New Zealand.A review of the Radiocommunications Act 1989 was signalled in the