M/A-COM says New York network fixes almost done 

By Donny Jackson

Officials for Tyco Electronics M/A-COM last week told New York’s statewide wireless network (SWN) advisory council that the company has remedied 17 of the 19 deficiencies...

xG Technology secures financing with U.S. infrastructure partner deal 

By Donny Jackson

Florida-based communications vendor xG Technology this week announced that private company Treco International has signed an agreement to act as xG’s exclusive infrastructure partner...

DuraComm unveils hardened power supplies 

By Mary Rose Roberts

DuraComm unveiled a new line of environmentally hardened power supply products, dubbed the EH Series....

Spectrum Bridge announces almost-nationwide listing of VHF spectrum 

By Donny Jackson

Spectrum marketplace firm Spectrum Bridge this week announced that Maritime Communications/Land Mobile (MCLM) is listing its entire VHF spectrum -- covering 85 of the top 100 U.S. markets...

McDowell Research launches digital repeater system 

By Mary Rose Roberts

McDowell Research, an Ultralife company, introduced the MRC-200A and MRC-200H digital tactical repeater systems designed for use with military multiband handheld radios...

M/A-COM president vows New York system will be ready 

By Donny Jackson

Tyco Electronics M/A-COM will fix problems identified in tests of the first phase of a statewide wireless network for New York...

Spectrum Bridge launches online marketplace 

By Donny Jackson

Spectrum Bridge this week announced the launch of SpecEx, a new online marketplace that is designed to allow real-time buying and selling of licensed spectrum...

New York gives M/A-COM 45 days to fix first phase of statewide network 

By Donny Jackson

The state of New York on Friday informed Tyco Electronics M/A-COM that the company has defaulted on its contract to build a statewide LMR network and ordered that "significant deficiencies" need to be remedied by the middle of October for the $2 billion deal to remain in place....

NY comptroller to M/A-COM on statewide network: 'Time to fish or cut bait' 

By Donny Jackson

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli last week released two audits recommending that the New York State Office for Technology (OFT) not proceed with a $2 billion contract with Tyco Electronics M/A-COM to build a statewide wireless network based on the current performance of the network....

iRobot unveils robotic chassis for first-responder market 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Bedford, Mass.-based iRobot launched the Negotiator, a bare-bones robotic chassis that can support third-party sensor and video devices, said Vice Admiral Joe Dyer, president of the company’s government and industrial robots division....

Lots of work needed to make 700 MHz proposal a reality 

By Donny Jackson

Myriad technical, financial and operational challenges surround the proposed 700 MHz public-private partnership model that is designed to build and maintain a nationwide broadband network for public safety, but leaders within the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) remain supportive of the notion....

Myriad obstacles stand in the way of 911’s bright future 

By Glenn Bischoff

A panel discussing the future of the 911 system and emergency communications spoke of wondrous new capabilities, some of which first responders “haven’t even dreamed of yet.” ...

Verizon, Cisco team to make offering 

By Donny Jackson

Verizon, Cisco, to provide network-based interoperable communications between disparate systems while leveraging entities’ existing LMR infrastructure....

Kenwood unveils P25 repeater system 

By Glenn Bischoff

The system consists of the TKR-740/840 repeater and the TRK-C40 P25 controller, which supports up to four conventional P25 channels to deliver digital communications while also providing continuous service to analog operations....

JPS adds advanced trunking capability to P25 platform 

By Glenn Bischoff

Raytheon’s JPS Communications has added composite channel trunking to its P25net Project 25-compliant, digital, trunked radio communications system...