Positron deploys interim 911 center in hurricane-stricken Louisiana 

Positron Public Safety Systems recently worked with the Orleans Parish (La.) Communications District (OPCD) to deploy an interim 911 center in the parish to replace one that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina....

C-AT intros expanded incident command radio interface 

Communications-Applied Technology launched an expanded version of its Incident Commanders’ Radio Interface. The ICRI/EOC is designed for use in fixed or mobile emergency operations centers, and lets users connect radios from 10 different agencies to achieve interoperable communications. ...

Radio IP improves data capabilities for Rhode Island police department 

By Donny Jackson

Radio IP Software this week announced that its wireless data connectivity solution is being used to IP enable the analog Dataradio wireless network of the Coventry Police Department in Rhode Island...

xG Technology says xMAX test a success 

By Donny Jackson

Officials for xG Technology today announced that its xMAX modulation technique delivered a broadband data rate at extremely low power in a recent battery of tests...

M/A-COM gets OK to proceed with New York project 

By Donny Jackson

More than a year after winning a hotly contested bid to establish an emergency radio network throughout the state of New York, M/A-COM officials yesterday received word to proceed with the project...

M/A-COM system keeps Mississippi county communicating during Katrina 

By Donny Jackson

M/A-COM this week announced that its EDACS system covering Gulfport, Miss., and Biloxi, Miss., remained operational throughout the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina and the storm’s aftermath....

Breaking free of the past 

By Joseph Bobier, xG Technologies

New technology upsets old conventions about RF signal power and information recovery...

WiMAX to be deployed at Katrina relief site 

Intel yesterday shipped WiMAX equipment to San Antonio’s decommissioned Kelly Air Force base, where evacuees from the Hurricane Katrina-affected region are being housed, according to numerous media reports....

EADS completes Nokia mobile radio buy 

EADS yesterday announced that it has completed its purchase of Nokia’s Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) division....

Zebra Technologies expands ‘smart’ label capabilities 

Zebra Technologies has added converting equipment for producing so-called smart labels...

Lenexa, Kan., deploys citywide wireless broadband network  

The City of Lenexa, Kan., has selected and Electronic Technologies to deploy a citywide mobile and fixed wireless broadband network that will connect government buildings, municipal vehicles, traffic signals, and video cameras throughout the municipality...

Nokia provides P2T services for Austrian operator  

Nokia and Austrian mobile operator mobilkom Austria have partnered to deliver push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) services...

T-Mobile Hungary introduces P2T service 

T-Mobile will introduce push-to-talk services in Hungary on Sept. 20, the first commercial carrier to do so...

Daniels, Twisted Pair announce UIC availability 

By Donny Jackson

Daniels Electronics has announced the commercial availability of its Universal Interface Card (UIC), which can be integrated with Twisted Pair Solutions’ WAVE application suite to enable digital integration between all forms of LMR radios, as well as PC computers, PDAs, telephones and mobile phones...

Radio IP, Dell land Broward County contract 

By Donny Jackson

Radio IP Software last week announced that it and Dell have been selected jointly by the sheriff’s office in Broward County, Fla., to provide a wireless data solution for 1200 mobile law-enforcement workers in the county...