E911 Institute to honor public-safety pros 

The E911 Institute, a non-profit organization that provides administrative support to the Congressional E911 Caucus, announced yesterday that it would...

Trident, Aeroflex reach preliminary agreement on PassPort deployment 

Trident Micro Systems and Aeroflex have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding as the companies continue negotiations concerning the incorporation...

Orbcomm lands contract with truck fleet 

Orbcomm has entered into an agreement with Fleet Management Solutions to provide wireless data access that Fleet will use to track and manage its fixed...

Interpol honors Motorola for law enforcement support 

The international law-enforcement agency Interpol has awarded Motorola’s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector (CGISS) its inaugural...

Digital Dispatch Systems announces three customer wins 

Digital Dispatch Systems has announced three agreements via which it will provision its GDT 890 mobile data terminal, TaxiTrack dispatch software and...

FCC opens rulemaking on smart radios 

The Federal Communications Commission today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on how to best utilize so-called “smart” radios,...

Rockwell Collins selected for Weapons Data Link Architecture 

The U.S. Air Force awarded Rockwell Collins a contract on Oct. 10 to lead a Weapon Data Link Architecture (WDLA) program. The contract's $23.4 million...

Palm Beach County chooses Motorola's palmprint technology 

The Palm Beach, Florida, County Sheriff's Office announced that it implemented a palmprint identification system from Motorola, Inc. The system will include...

Cingular, US Unwired enter $27.6 million deal 

Cingular Wireless will acquire additional spectrum and operations in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana through a $27.6 million agreement it reached with US...

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue selects MSV's satellite voice, radio dispatch 

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced at the APCO International 69th Annual Conference & Exposition in Indianapolis that the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue...

NYFD selects iXP for radio restructuring 

iXP Corp., a system integration and consulting company serving public safety markets, announced it has been selected by the Fire Department of New York...

Georgia radio systems manager receives Smith Award 

Motorola and the Motorola Trunked Users Group (MTUG) presented the Danny Smith Award to Tracy Roberts, radio systems manager for the Cobb County Department...

Postcard from Indianapolis 

Denis Storey

It’s hot and muggy in Indianapolis in early August. And the heat is on this week with more police officers in one place since Oakland’s last Super Bowl...