Wayne County opts for Codespear’s alert system 

By Donny Jackson

Michigan-based Codespear today announced that Wayne County, Mich., has selected its software to create emergency communications directly with the county’s residents, businesses and public-safety agencies...

Cingular launches P2T service 

Cingular announced that it has added push-to-talk service to its cellular offering...

NENA publishes i2 standard for VoIP E-911 

By Donny Jackson

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) today announced the publication of its i2 standard, which is designed to let voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers route emergency calls through the legacy E-911 system...

M/A-COM makes VIDA ready for TETRA 

By Donny Jackson

Under the name of parent company Tyco Electronics, M/A-COM this week announced that its IP-based VIDA Network Platform can support the TETRA digital standard commonly used by public-safety entities in Europe, Asia and Latin America...

NTT DoCoMo CEO: 3G poised to take off in U.S. 

By Glenn Bischoff

NEW YORK--Recent consolidation among commercial wireless operators in the U.S. will set the stage for next-generation, or 3G, wireless networks to proliferate in the U.S., said Nobuharu Ono, president and CEO of NTT DoCoMo USA...

DOJ agency seeks ideas on public-safety interoperability 

By Glenn Bischoff

The National Institute of Justice, the research-and-development wing of the Department of Justice, this week issued a call for papers on emerging technology solutions for public-safety interoperable communications...

Sprint Nextel, cable operators announce joint venture 

By Donny Jackson

Sprint Nextel and a consortium of cable companies yesterday announced a joint venture that will let them offer a “quad play” of integrated voice, video, data and wireless communications during the first half of next year...

Coast Guard uses F4W network in Wilma’s aftermath 

By Donny Jackson

Tactical wireless broadband solutions developer F4W yesterday announced it has deployed a disaster-response network in Miami in support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s relief effort in the wake of Hurricane Wilma...

CML lands Montana 911 deal 

By Donny Jackson

Emergency communications systems provider CML Emergency Services today announced an agreement to provide equipment to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) throughout the state of Montana...

C-AT interoperability solution selected for federal program 

By Donny Jackson

The Commercial Equipment Direct Assist Program (CEDAP) has selected the Incident Commander’s Radio Interface (ICRI) from Communications-Applied Technology (C-AT) for inclusion in its 2006 catalog of approved products for smaller entities to request via application, C-AT announced today...

Vancouver taxi company deploys next-gen dispatch solution 

Richmond, B.C.-based Digital Dispatch announced that Yellow Cab Company of Vancouver will deploy its next-generation dispatch solution that consists of the company’s iPilot 8000 mobile computers and the PathFinder dispatch application...

Avtec, Trident partner on digital trunked radio interface 

By Glenn Bischoff

Dispatch system vendor Avtec Inc. and Trident Micro Systems will announce a jointly developed digital interface that connects Trident’s NTS solution and Avtec’s DSPatch and DSPatchNET console communications systems during next week’s Enterprise Wireless show in Nashville, Tenn....

Aeroflex launches multi-band translator 

Test and measurement firm Aeroflex this week announced the launch of the TX501 RF Multi-band Translator, which is designed to be a cost-effective, 3G frequency translator...

Florida counties turn to CML for 911 solution 

By Donny Jackson

CML Emergency Services this week announced the deployment of a tri-county 911 system for Gulf, Franklin and Calhoun counties on Florida’s Gulf Coast...

New P2T platform introduced 

Clarity Communications Systems announced this week that its inTouch push-to-talk platform is ready for evaluation by wireless carriers and application service providers...