Mobile Data News

Ohio township’s interoperability network adds users

By Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--The Beavercreek Township, Ohio, Fire Department has added seven surrounding counties to its interoperable communication system first developed in 2004 through a public-private partnership between the county and software-bridge provider Catalyst Communications ...

Strategic alliance reflects emerging trends

By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--The strategic alliance jointly announced by Kenwood, Icom and Trident Microsystems during IWCE 2006 is reflective of a couple of trends that promise to drive the land mobile radio business for the future, according to an alliance spokesman...

In-building systems present challenges and surprises

By Doug Mohney

LAS VEGAS--RF Distribution systems--the new term for in-building systems to propagate signals in areas where radio coverage is poor at best--can present a variety of challenges and surprises, according to a panel discussion at IWCE 2006...

Motorola unveils low-cost mesh product

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Motorola this week is displaying the HotZone Duo, a new mesh-networking product designed for users seeking a standards-based, low-cost path into the wireless broadband arena...

Speaker: ‘Buyer beware’ in mesh-networking space

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Wireless mesh networks offer a number of intriguing features, but entities considering such networks should make an effort to be informed and maintain a healthy amount of skepticism when dealing with vendors offering equipment in the space, Lockard & White consultant Parris Neal said yesterday...

IWCE: Inventor unveils new alert system

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Arkansas-based inventor Robert Eichman this week is demonstrating at IWCE 2006 an emergency-alert package that offers the promise of getting first responders to the scene of an incident more quickly than existing solutions...

House bill proposes new VoIP E-911 rules

By Donny Jackson

Telecom-reform legislation approved by the House Commerce Committee includes provisions that would alter existing FCC rules regarding the manner in which voice-over-IP (VoIP) companies provide 911 services...

PacketHop solution deployed in Homeland Security exercise

By Donny Jackson

Mobile mesh software provider PacketHop this week announced that its Aware application suite was used at the Long Beach, Calif., airport during a Homeland Security exercise that simulated a terrorist planting a weapon of mass destruction within one of buildings at the airport...

Intrado completes successful automatic-location test for VoIP 911

By Donny Jackson

Leading 911 systems provider Intrado recently completed a test in Seattle demonstrating the ability to integrate three different technologies to automatically determine the location of even nomadic voice-over-IP callers seeking emergency services...

Motorola says its mesh technology will meet 802.11s standard

By Donny Jackson

Motorola yesterday announced that its MeshConnex networking technology will support the 802.11s meshing standard being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers...

Nortel, Qualcomm claim fastest HSDPA data call

By Donny Jackson

Wireless vendor giants Nortel and Qualcomm have completed the first HSDPA mobile data calls achieving speeds of 7.2 MB/s—data rates that are as much as four times faster than most current fixed broadband connections, according to a Nortel announcement released today...