PFSA awards $2.4 million for wireless E911 deployments 

The Public Safety Foundation of America (PFSA) announced $2.4 million in grants to expedite the implementation of wireless enhanced 911 services nationwide....

Interoperability initiative folded into SAFECOM 

In an effort to consolidate disparate initiatives, the Public-Safety Wireless Network (PSWN) program has been moved under the SAFECOM umbrella and will...

Motorola, NICE Systems partner on public-safety recording solutions 

Motorola has announced an agreement with NICE Systems to offer the latter’s recording and replay solutions to its public-safety, government and commercial...

Motorola introduces two-way radio, cordless phone combo 

Motorola today unveiled the CLS1450c two-way radio that incorporates a digital 2.4 GHz cordless phone. Targeted to the business market, the CLS1450c’s...

European telco to add P2T service 

Orange, a subsidiary of France Telecom, will add a press-to-talk walkie-talkie service, the Wall Street Journal reported today. A spokesman for Orange...

Verizon Wireless to invest $1 billion to expand 1xEV-DO network 

Verizon Wireless yesterday announced it would spend $1 billion over the next two years to expand its BroadbandAccess 1xEV-DO (evolution-data optimized)...

Motorola teams up on wireless location-based products 

Motorola’s Broadband Communications sector announced today it would develop a wireless location-based product offering based on a platform created by...

BellSouth unveils two-way text messaging handset 

BellSouth yesterday introduced a two-way FRS/GMRS text messaging handset that allows users to send text and voice messages without incurring service charges....

XACT introduces sleek two-way communicator 

XACT Communications yesterday introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a two-way FRS/GMRS handset that offers a four-mile range for voice...

Motorola to add four Talkabout two-way radios 

Motorola announced yesterday during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it would collaborate with strategic partner Giant International on...

CTIA concerned about cognitive radio impact 

The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association has urged the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that any rules it issues to govern the...

Public-safety communications interoperability conference set 

The Utah Communications Agency Network will host on Jan. 22, 2004 a conference that will address methods to efficiently utilize public-safety spectrum...

Two-way radio contract for Olympics announced 

Public-safety agencies helping to secure the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, will use a two-way radio communications system provided by Motorola,...

Independence, Mo., lands federal grant for interoperable radio system 

Independence, Mo., will receive $5.4 million in federal monies to install an interoperable voice and data communications system that will allow the city’s...

Firefighters’ families sue NYC over radio failures 

The families of 12 New York City firefighters who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center have sued the city, saying that the...