To assist APCO Australasia reach our Public Safety community and their supporters, we have created an APCO Australasia discussion group through a professional on-line networking service called LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com). The APCO Australasia discussion group is managed by our Director Gerard Cusick who also chairs the Policy and Standards committee.

APCO Australasia will post new topics for discussion every 10-14 days, with old topics being archived and condensed into common themes used as input to topics for more formal forums and committee meetings. Discussion topics are also welcome from any members of the group.

Participation in the discussion group requires being a member of Linkedin. Those not wishing the become members of Linkedin are invited to send their discussion topics to APCO-Group-Discussion@apcoaust.com.au for posting on Linkedin

For More Information Please Goto - http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=2674294

APCO Australasia supports a number of issues relevant to the needs of a changing Emergency Services environment. These include the introduction of new technologies, enhanced training requirements for Emergency Services officials, and ensuring public safety’s access to sufficient spectrum resources for the deployment of a national mobile broadband network.

The papers listed below convey APCOA’s position on the following issues:

NBNCo Submission – NBN Co Consultation Paper: Proposed Wholesale Fibre Bit Stream Products -
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Digital Dividend Green Paper – Potential Benefits of the Digital Dividend - Questions -
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Emergency Services Grade Communications – Guidelines Development Status as at 28th August 2009 -
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Spectrum Options - 403-520 MHz: Initial consultation on future arrangements for the 400 MHz band
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VoIP and 000 - An overview of what the Emergency Call Service, Police and Emergency Service Communications Centres need to know about calls from the public and use of IP technology.
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