Motorola: OFDM field tests yield 300 MB/s data rates 

Motorola recently said field experiments conducted on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing technologies (OFDM) established that such technologies...

Padcom mobile data solution deployed in Colorado 

Three Colorado police departments—the cities of Lakewood, Greenwood Village and Westminster—have implemented Padcom’s TotalRoam mobile data software,...

Aether handheld wireless data solution leads to arrests 

Use of Aether System’s PocketBlue handheld wireless data solution by the Peabody (Mass.) Police Department recently resulted in two arrests, one on a...

Dataradio adds to rep network 

Dataradio recently announced that Plainfield, Ind.-based Capitol Electronics would sell its products throughout Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Western Pennsylvania...

FCC Chairman: BPL has bright future 

FCC Chairman Michael Powell today said “the future is bright” for broadband over power line technology and pledged that the commission would continue...

Cisco intros mobile wireless broadband solution for public agencies 

Cisco Systems this week introduced the Metropolitan Mobile Network, which consists of its Aironet Wi-Fi outdoor infrastructure and 3200 Series routers,...

Interact public-safety portal enables data sharing 

By Glenn Bischoff

TAMPA, Fla.--InterAct Public Safety Systems introduced during the National Emergency Number Association trade show and conference its Public Safety Portal,...

Promotion offers schools chance at wireless classrooms 

Wireless handheld vendor palmOne announced that schools purchasing at least 30 of its Tungsten C models through the company’s Education Purchase Program...

Motorola: 4.9 GHz mobile data network on target for 2005 intro 

Motorola's advanced, high-speed mobile data network designed for public safety customers operating in the 4.9 GHz spectrum is planned for release in the...

USURF America to deploy citywide wireless broadband network 

USURF America will engineer and deploy a high-speed wireless Internet network that will provide continuous coverage over the 103 square miles that encompass...

Texas police department selects MDS mobile data solution 

The Portland, Texas, police department will deploy a mobile data communications network developed by Microwave Data Systems, the company announced. MDS...

FCC initiates wireless broadband rulemaking 

The Federal Communications Commission yesterday issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking governing wireless broadband operations in the 3650-3700 MHz band....

Report: Chicago Fire Department begins digital migration 

The Chicago Fire Department has begun a previously planned $10 million upgrade of its emergency communications radio network from analog to digital technologies,...

Dataradio offers leasing option 

Dataradio announced during IWCE 2004 that it has partnered with First Capital Equipment Leasing Corp. to offer customers a leasing option for its mobile...

DOT expected to formalize stricter fleet monitoring rules 

Glenn Bischoff

The U.S. Department of Transportation is expected to impose stricter requirements this fall concerning how transportation fleets and public utilities...