Upcoming Events:
17 November - 2010 Industry Gala Dinner held at Palladium at Crown, Melbourne, Victoria.
17-18 November - RadioComms Connect 2010 held in Melbourne, Victoria.
Latest ARCIA News:
August 10
ARCIA has awarded the first Sir Angus Tait Memorial Scholarship in 2010 to Ben Woods from Tetracom. This award is administered by ARCIA on behalf of contributors Tait Radio Communications and RadioComms Connect 2010, and is intended to provide encouragement to a student actively pursuing study leading to a career in radio communications engineering at an Advanced Diploma level or higher.
August 10
ARCIA has submitted Subject: Item proposed for Five Year Spectrum Outlook Plan – Managing deployment of Bi-Directional Amplifiers to the ACMA as part of its ongoing Spectrum Outlook process. The submission relates to the usage of Bi-Directional Amplifiers and is a matter that has been raised from within the Association's membership and highlights an area that ARCIA believes that the ACMA need to consider as a matter of some urgency.
August 10
The fourth Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday, 19 August 2010. The meeting, which was held in Melbourne, Victoria, adopted a newly revised constitution and a new Committee for the 2010/11 period was elected. GME was also awarded its Accreditation Certificate on the day.
August 10
ARCIA has released its first Annual Report, which documents the Association’s performance over the 2009-2010 financial year. This report has been published to inform our stakeholders about our activities.
Download a copy of the 2009-2010 Annual Report.
June 10
ARCIA has been asked to present at the ACMA's 400 MHz Road Show, held nationally between 19 July - 6 August. The 400 MHz Road Show is a series of regulatory tune-ups designed to inform licensees and stakeholders of changes to the 403-520 MHz band as outlined in The Way Ahead – Decisions and implementation options for the 400 MHz band.
The Road Show provides an opportunity for the ACMA to engage with those affected by the review of the 400 MHz and for stakeholders to speak with ACMA staff regarding the new arrangements.
All are encouraged to attend. To register and to find out more, visit the ACMA's 400 MHz Road Show page.
May 10
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released a discussion paper titled Planning for Ultra Wide-band (UWB) that seeks comment on a range of technical and regulatory issues associated with the development of planning and licensing arrangements for Ultra Wide-band (UWB) technologies in the 3.6-4.8 GHz and 6.0-8.5 GHz bands. The very wide bandwidth of UWB devices means that their emissions can potentially include many radio frequency bands whose use is licensed by other radio communications services. ARCIA encourages members to respond to the paper available on the ACMA website. The closing date for submissions is 7 June 2010.
May 10
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has released its final decision paper on future use of the 400Mhz band. Upon review, it appears ACMA seem to have accepted the majority of recommendations presented in ARCIA's response papers. The decisions are detailed in the public discussions paper, The Way Ahead - Decisions and Implementation Options for 400 Mhz Band. The paper invites comment on implementation options. The period for comment closes on 6 June 2010. ARCIA is seeking input from its members so that a consensus response can be made on behalf of ARCIA.
April 10
In order to provide encouragement to students actively pursuing study leading to a career in radio communications engineering, ARCIA in conjunction with Tait Radio Communications and RadioComms Connect 2010 is awarding three scholarships in 2010. The scholarship is open to radio communications students across Australia. Students interested in applying for the scholarship should submit a letter outlining their personal and academic background, current course of study, interests and achievements along with any applicable work experience. Applicants must be ARCIA members to apply, however, student membership is waived until June 2011. Those interested in applying can find out more by viewing the Training and Education section of this website.
Feb 10
On 24 February, ARCIA held its annual Planning and Review Day. Open to all members nationally, the day-long meeting involved strategic planning and discussions contributing towards to the future direction and growth of the Association.Feb 10
The Government released a 'Green Paper' in January inviting input in the discussion on the 'Digital Dividend' to be gained from the conversion of Television Broadcasting from analogue to digital. ARCIA holds a very keen interest in the outcome of the proposed change to the Spectrum and has responded. Download a copy of ARCIA's Digital Dividend response.
Feb 10
ARCIA participated in RFI's Spurious Challenge for charity for the third time in Sydney on 19 February. Whilst not taking line honours for winning the race, ARCIA achieved best value for money by being the last boat passing the line about thirty seconds before the official finishing time of 4:30pm. Members of the ARCIA boat included Chris Kelly, Steve Reining and Noel Higgins along with numerous Airwave staff. ARCIA President, Chris Kelly, took the opportunity before presentations to note ARCIA's efforts on the industy's behalf and encouraged more industry members to join ARCIA to make it stronger across all states.
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Jan 10
The Government has recently released a 'Green Paper' inviting input in the discussion on the 'Digital Dividend' to be gained from the conversion of Television Broadcasting from analogue to digital.
ARCIA will be responding to this report and therefore would like to invite members to contact us with points to highlight in the response. Responses can be made to ARCIA in writing by 15 February.
A copy of the Digital Dividend Green Paper can be downloaded from the Department of Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy website.
Jan 10
ARCIA has recently developed a survey to capture the training and education needs of the Australian radio communications industry. It comes after discussions were held on the shortage of skilled technical people in the industry.
The survey, which opens for a month from mid-January, will work to capture the industry's needs so ARCIA can develop a uniform strategy to address the skill shortage.
Those who complete the survey will help ARCIA achieve its aim to further develop the training and education of apprentices in the Australian radio communications industry and ensure the skill base of the industry is maintained in the future.
Help the industry by taking ARCIA's Training and Education survey.