ArrowSpan unveils 900 MHz wireless access pointBy Mary Rose Roberts ArrowSpan, a provider of mesh network switching solutions, launched the MeshAP 3800-A wireless access point.... DARPA prepares for test of affordable cognitive radioBy Donny Jackson Initial testing of a radio design that is expected to result in affordable cognitive handsets will begin later this year, with a version of the design costing less than $500 to manufacture expected in 2010... Wisconsin county officials wrap up VIDA installationBy Mary Rose Roberts Ozaukee County, Wis., expanded its 4.9 GHz Voice, Interoperability, Data and Access (VIDA) broadband wireless network from Tyco Electronics M/A-COM Wireless Systems.... Exalt unveils 5 GHz radiosBy Mary Rose Roberts Exalt Communications this week released the EX-r 5 GHz radios to meet the needs of public-safety users who demand high throughput and reliable backhaul connectivity... FreeWave, Arcadian partner on 700 MHz radio for utilitiesBy Mary Rose Roberts Energy-industry professionals now can transmit data and voice in the 700 MHz band using FreeWave Technologies’ 700 MHz wireless radio operating over Arcadian Networks... Puerto Rico’s second largest city deploys wireless mesh networkBy Mary Rose Roberts Bayamón, Puerto Rico's second largest city, today announced that it recently added a 15-camera wireless mesh network to support a video-surveillance system that has supported 94 criminal convictions.... Spectrum Bridge launches online marketplaceBy Donny Jackson Spectrum Bridge this week announced the launch of SpecEx, a new online marketplace that is designed to allow real-time buying and selling of licensed spectrum... Western Colorado police force adopts information-sharing technologyBy Mary Rose Roberts Law enforcement agencies in western Colorado adopted a software suite from Spillman Technologies that will let neighboring first-responder agencies share information in real-time.... iRobot unveils robotic chassis for first-responder marketBy Mary Rose Roberts Bedford, Mass.-based iRobot launched the Negotiator, a bare-bones robotic chassis that can support third-party sensor and video devices, said Vice Admiral Joe Dyer, president of the company’s government and industrial robots division.... BitWave nears volume production of chipBy Donny Jackson BitWave Semiconductor is “on target” to begin volume production of its frequency-agile Softranceiver chip late this year or during the first quarter of 2009, a company official said this week.... DHS, ISCO Clarity and Raytheon demonstrate ROW-B capabilitiesBy Donny Jackson Push-to-talk interoperability between most cell phones, PDAs and LMR radios is now available to public-safety agencies and other enterprises with access to broadband networks... Lots of work needed to make 700 MHz proposal a realityBy Donny Jackson Myriad technical, financial and operational challenges surround the proposed 700 MHz public-private partnership model that is designed to build and maintain a nationwide broadband network for public safety, but leaders within the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) remain supportive of the notion.... Genesis enhances Motorola console functionalityBy Donny Jackson The Genesis Group this week is demonstrating its Genesis-Aided Dispatch Interface (GADI) software package that is designed to work with Motorola’s MCC 7500—or Vortex—dispatch console.... FCC looks for public safety to push rebanding to completionBy Donny Jackson Already more than one month beyond the scheduled completion date for 800 MHz rebanding, public-safety licensees operating in the band are expected to drive the monumental engineering project to substantial completion during the next year... EFJohnson debuts 4.9 GHz access pointBy Glenn Bischoff EFJohnson Technologies introduced a ruggedized access point designed for use by police, fire and rescue agencies for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint broadband communications.... |
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