Law-enforcement group to honor Motorola 

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) tonight will present Motorola officials with its Distinguished Service Award ...

RELM adds VoIP to P25 basestations 

RELM Wireless said its BK Radio Series V Project 25-compliant digital basestations now are capable of transmitting and receiving voice-over-IP signals...

VoIP E-911 on FCC agenda 

As many expected, the agenda for the Federal Communications Commission’s meeting next Thursday features consideration of an order outlining E-911 requirements for voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers...

Analyst: Martin circulates VoIP 911 order 

By Donny Jackson

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin has proposed an order to be considered during the commission’s May 19 meeting that would require voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers to deliver 911 calls to the appropriate public-safety answering point (PSAP), according to an analyst report yesterday...

Intrado delivers VoIP E-911 solution with Verizon in New York 

By Donny Jackson

Leading 911 vendor Intrado has announced it is installing equipment to deliver voice-over-IP (VoIP) emergency-service calls in New York City directly to appropriate public-safety answering points (PSAPs) with address and call-back information through the traditional E-911 system...

Nextel introduces talk-group feature to P2T service 

By Donny Jackson

Nextel Communications yesterday announced Group Connect, a flexible new service that will let subscribers talk in groups to as many as 20 other Nextel push-to-talk users nationwide...

Martin ready to require VoIP 911 

By Donny Jackson

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin Tuesday said he plans to propose that voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers be required to provide emergency-calling services through the traditional 911 systems...

Transcrypt receives $500k order from international customer 

Transcrypt International said it has received a $500,000 order from an overseas customer which will deploy the company’s voice privacy products to secure communications within the customer's two-way radio system...

Motorola quarterly earnings increase  

Motorola reported first quarter 2005 net earnings of $692 million, a 14% increase over the $609 million reported in the same quarter last year...

Kenwood unveils new mobile radios  

Kenwood USA recently introduced the TK-2170/3170 VHF/UHF conventional and TK-3173 UHF trunked mobile radios...

Qwest agrees to provide Vonage E-911 access 

By Donny Jackson

Qwest Communications will give Vonage access to its E-911 interconnection trunks, which will allow the leading consumer VoIP provider to provide E-911 services in Qwest’s region, according to letters Vonage filed with the FCC this week...

RELM unveils field command radio  

RELM Wireless has introduced the GPH-CMD Command Radio, an enhanced portable built on the company’s BK Radio platform and designed for field command and coordination activities....

Texas public safety taps EFJohnson radios  

EFJohnson said it has received an order totaling $850,000 from the Texas Department of Public Safety for P25 radios and accessories...

Kentucky agency upgrades two-way radio system  

The Kentucky Department of Vehicle Enforcement (KVE) is replacing its current two-way radio system (originally installed in the 1950s) by utilizing the Kentucky State Police (KSP) statewide two-way radio system....

Georgia chooses Sprint for wireless contract 

Sprint yesterday announced that the state of Georgia has awarded it with a one-year contract to provide wireless voice and data services to state and local agencies...