Broadcom announces cheaper Wi-Fi chipBy Donny Jackson Broadcom this week announced a new low-cost wireless LAN solution that is designed to let manufacturers build smaller, more affordable Wi-Fi products, including products that operate in the 4.9 GHz band dedicated for public-safety use... APCO: Nationwide 700 MHz proposal offers voice potentialBy Donny Jackson BALTIMORE--Expected to be a broadband network that can deliver bandwidth-intensive data and video applications, the nationwide public-private network proposed for the 700 MHz band also could serve as a voice network in the long-term future, speakers said last week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference... APCO: Cox Communications turns to NetMotion for mobile VPNBy Donny Jackson BALTIMORE--NetMotion this week announced that Cox Communications has deployed NetMotion’s mobile virtual private network (VPN) solution to let 3500 of its field-service technicians wirelessly access the cable operator’s network applications... APCO: Radio IP announces customers in Ohio, GeorgiaBy Donny Jackson BALTIMORE--Radio IP Software this week announced that the Ohio Multi-Agency Radio Communications System (MARCS) and Forsyth County, Ga., have significantly increased the effective data performance of their wireless public-safety communications networks by implementing the Radio IP MTG solution... CoCo Communications secures Navy contractBy Donny Jackson Seattle-based CoCo Communications has entered into a contract with the U.S. Navy to provide a “zero-infrastructure” communications solution to problems encountered by boarding teams on vessels while conducting inspections for potential illegal cargo and activity... Socket Mobile makes enterprise PDA availableBy Donny Jackson Wireless technology vendor Socket Mobile this week announced the general availability of the SoMo 650, an expandable handheld computer targeted toward the enterprise market that represents the company’s entrance into the mobile device market... Frontline: iPhone shows independent network neededBy Donny Jackson Limitations associated with the much-hyped rollout of the iPhone underscore the need for an independent 4G wireless network in the United States—the kind of network proposed by Frontline Wireless using 700 MHz spectrum, a company official said yesterday... Raytheon JPS introduces new in-car video systemBy Donny Jackson Raytheon JPS yesterday introduced its partnership with Votan Research to globally market the DVU-1000, a new digital in-car video system with a solid-state architecture that is designed to provide greater picture quality and reliability than video systems typically used by law enforcement today... BelAir introduces three-radio node targeted for 4.9 GHz operationBy Donny Jackson Mobile broadband systems vendor BelAir Networks this week introduced the BelAir 100T, a three-radio mesh-networking node designed primarily to support public-safety applications operating on 4.9 GHz spectrum... Multipath data technology receives commercialization grantBy Donny Jackson Attila Technologies today announced that it has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology that will help to fund the commercialization of the startup company’s adaptive-radio technology... BelAir Networks to provide SLAs for municipal networksBy Donny Jackson Wireless broadband network vendor BelAir Networks this week announced what company officials claim is the industry’s first service-level agreement (SLA) program to guarantee coverage and performance in municipal wireless networks... Motorola launches new tool for retailersBy Glenn Bischoff Motorola this week launched the MC17, a device aimed at the retail segment, primarily grocery stores... FCC seeks greater wireless E-911 location accuracyBy Donny Jackson FCC commissioners today approved a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that tentatively concludes wireless and voice-over-IP (VoIP) location accuracy and reliability standards should be based on performance within each public safety answering point (PSAP) service area, not averaged on a statewide or multistate basis... Motorola validates wireless parking solution- MRT NetMotion upgrades mobile VPN softwareBy Glenn Bischoff NetMotion Wireless announced version 7.2 of its Mobility XE mobile VPN software package, which now supports the Windows Vista operating system and gives network administrators more control... |
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