BearCom supplies radios to City of Columbus 

BearCom recently said it sold 339 EFJohnson Model 5100 portable radios to the City of Columbus, Ohio, that will operate on the state’s Multiple Agency Radio Communications System...

Cobra increases two-way radio range to 12 miles 

Cobra Electronics recently introduced its 2005 microTALK GMRS/FRS two-way radio product line...

Report: Minnesota county plans new radio dispatch center 

The Ramsey County (Minn.) Board plans to build a new radio dispatch center at a cost of about $2.5 million, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported...

Kenwood donates radios to Mexican Red Cross 

Kenwood Communications said today it has donated 100 VHF repeaters, 50 mobile radios and 100 portable radios to the Red Cross of Mexico....

Motorola to send 20,000 TETRA radios to The Netherlands 

Motorola said this week it has won contracts to provide more than 20,000 TETRA radios that will be used on a countrywide encrypted public-safety network...

Visteon adds Motorola radio interface to in-vehicle system 

Visteon Corp. recently announced it had added Motorola's two-way land mobile radio technology to its TACNET in-vehicle command and control system. The...

Amateur radio operators shine in crises 

By Glenn Bischoff

It's common -- almost startlingly so -- to hear about total strangers banding together in times of crisis....

Motorola launches P2T over cellular service in former Soviet republic 

Motorola has deployed a push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) system for MagtiCom, the largest GSM operator in Georgia, a former Soviet republic nestled between...

Nokia intros TETRA portable radio 

Nokia introduced the THR880i TETRA portable radio, which features a GPS receiver that enables command and control to locate and track radio users, the...

NYC schools to get 1200 Nextel P2T phones 

Nextel Communications announced it will donate 1200 push-to-talk wireless phones provided to the 2004 Republican National Convention for use by the New...

Kenwood intros mobile radios 

Kenwood Communications today introduced the TK-7180/8180 UHF/VHF mobile radios, which are targeted for public safety and business fleets. The radios offer...

Report: P2T market to reach $10 billion by 2008 

A research report recently issued by Dublin, Ireland-based Reasearch and Markets forecasted that worldwide push-to-talk cellular revenues would reach...

Siemens intros first P2T phone 

Siemens recently introduced the CX70, the company’s first push-to-talk phone. The phone is based on the IP Multimedia Subsystem, which provides the underlying...

Hong Kong network expansion to include P2T over cellular 

Nokia announced this week a $30 million deal to expand Hong Kong-based New World Mobility’s GSM network. The expansion will include the introduction of...

Kenwood intros portable radios 

Kenwood Communications today introduced the TK-2200/3200 portable radios, which are targeted to manufacturing, industrial, construction, warehouse, retail...