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New year begins with a bang 

By Donny Jackson

Public-safety communications promises to be a hot topic in Washington, D.C., during 2007, judging from the flurry of activity already seen in the form...

MCVs have come a long way 

By James Careless

There was a time when mobile command vehicles, or MCVs, were little more than converted trucks. In those early days, a law enforcement agency would take...

Look for success where it can be found 

By Jim Szalajeski

Interoperability currently is a hot topic and a big buzzword in the public-safety communications sector, but it isn't anything new. In fact, the minutes...

IP pushes its way into LMR world 

By Jim Barthold

The transition from traditional land mobile radios, or LMRs, into next-generation IP-based devices will resemble the Mississippi River's convergence with...

Free training tool aids first responders 

By Mary Rose Roberts

BreakAway Games released the final version of its Incident Commander training simulator, PC software that lets players assume leadership roles and drive...

Public-safety must control broadband 

By Joe Ross and Guy Jouannelle

Considerable buzz has been generated recently around numerous public-safety broadband propositions, including the Cyren Call proposal to build a public/private...

Sprint Nextel: Extension needed to reband public safety 

By Donny Jackson

Days after a Sprint Nextel official was quoted as stating the wireless carrier would ask the FCC for a delay of as much as two years in the rebanding...

Project MESA reaches a crossroad 

By Lynnette Luna

The U.S./Europe joint effort has been stuck in neutral too long. If vendors don't rev up their involvement this month, the once-promising initiative could reach the end of the road...

DOJ seeks ideas on public-safety radios 

By Glenn Bischoff

The National Institute of Justice, the research-and-development wing of the Department of Justice, issued a call for papers on emerging technology solutions...

Industry giants join forces 

By Merrill Douglas

Motorola and Microsoft to jointly develop public-safety data applications...

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