Dallas airport unveils CoCo Communications interoperability system 

By Donny Jackson

Federal, state and local officials yesterday applauded the use of an interoperable communications service at Dallas Love Field airport supplied by mesh-networking software vendor CoCo Communications....

Intrado conducts VoIP 911 location trial in New York  

By Donny Jackson

Leading 911 systems vendor Intrado this week announced the successful completion of a trial in New York City to automatically locate 911 callers using a mobile voice-over-IP (VoIP) device and deliver the information to a public-safety answer point (PSAP)....

Air Force inks contract with Space Data 

By Donny Jackson

Near-space wireless firm Space Data today announced it was awarded a five-year, $49 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide communications via base stations attached to the company’s balloons, which ascend to 65,000 to 135,000 feet above the earth....

APCO announces location-technology project 

By Donny Jackson

Fueled by the emergence of voice over IP (VoIP) and other communications technologies that are not integrated easily into the current 911 system, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) today announced a new project to address the location-awareness problems...

EADS unveils ISSI-based P25 solution 

By Glenn Bischoff

EADS North America introduced last week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference in Orlando a solution that leverages the recently approved inter-RF subsystem interface, or ISSI, protocol to establish interoperable communications between disparate Project 25 devices...

JPS to distribute Etherstack P25 converter 

By Glenn Bischoff

Raytheon JPS has agreed to distribute a solution engineered and manufactured by U.K.-based Etherstack that can convert an analog base station into a Project 25-compliant digital base station...

Texas county builds interoperable system 

By Mary Rose Roberts

ORLANDO--Architects of an interoperable communications system deployed in southwestern Texas stressed the importance of cooperation, planning and teamwork during a session held this week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference...

Cisco introduces public-safety advanced technologies program 

By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--IP-based vendor giant Cisco Systems announced its Solutions with Advanced Technologies (SWAT) program this week here at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference...

Motorola adds TDMA spectral efficiency to P25 offering 

By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--Motorola this week announced its next-generation platform for mission-critical communications, including an extension of its IP-based ASTRO 25 system that lets customers use their spectrum more efficiently...

New JPS interface transforms analog radios to SIP 

By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--Radio interoperability solutions provider Raytheon JPS Communications yesterday unveiled its analog radio adapter, the ARA-1, which lets analog radio systems join the IP revolution by transforming the signal to work on a session initiation protocol (SIP) network...

M/A-COM unveils P25 solutions 

By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO—Wireless network vendor M/A-COM today announced at the Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials (APCO) 2006 conference the availability of ISSI and data capability solutions for Project 25 systems...

Genesis announces P25 compatibility 

By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--Texas-based software vendor Genesis today announced that its GenWatch3 product will be available for any Project 25 radio system later this year and will be displayed with an EFJohnson system this week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) this week...

Trans Con Mobile announces mobile, Wi-Fi based VoIP system 

By Donny Jackson

Israel-based start-up Trans Con Mobile this week announced that it has developed, built and tested the infrastructure and handsets for a wireless voice-over-IP (VoIP) system that will let operators establish “cellular-like” networks in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band...

xG Technology announces mobile VoIP program 

By Donny Jackson

Florida-based wireless vendor xG Technology yesterday announced the launch of a deployment program for its xMAX mobile wireless voice-over-IP (VoIP) service, with the first operators scheduled to have revenue-producing systems online using unlicensed spectrum during the second quarter of 2007...

XG Technology announces evaluation kit 

By Donny Jackson

Florida-based communications vendor xG Technology yesterday announced a simulation kit that will enable interested companies to evaluate the performance of xG’s Flash Signaling technology, which is the foundation of its xMAX communications system...