U.S. Army buys RFID-enabled satellite transceivers 1st May 2006 Comtech’s Mobile Datacom subsidiary secured a $12.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to supply its Movement Tracking System (MTS) next-generation Model
Wrist-worn computer delivers rich data to first responders 1st May 2006 Italy-based Eurotech recently released a 7-ounce, wrist-worn personal computer, or WWPC, that promises to deliver real-time, rich data such as maps and
German Army helicopters get high-speed data communications 1st May 2006 Eurocopter Deutschland, part of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co., will deploy EMS SATCOM’s eNfusion HSD-128 high-speed data terminal as part
Verifying talk-back coverage 1st May 2006 Last month we talked about methods for conducting drive-test surveys with emphasis on talk-out, or downlink measurements. We neglected to mention talk-back,
A double-edged sword 1st May 2006 Ten-codes have been used by police departments and other first responders for decades as an over-the-air verbal shorthand, but the need to effectively
Scottsdale goes wireless 1st May 2006 Computer users and those with hand-held wireless devices in Scottsdale, Ariz., now are able to access the Internet anywhere downtown by connecting to
GPS system to monitor Canadian province’s criminals 1st May 2006 iSECUREtrac has signed a three-year contract with Mammoth Communications to provide GPS-based electronic offender monitoring services to the province
Striving to meet the expectations 1st May 2006 For the last few years, observers of the Project 25, or P25, standardization process must have noticed the increasing chorus of calls for finalization
Medical center deploys crisis management system 1st May 2006 University Medical Center in Las Vegas installed Prepared Response’s Rapid Responder, a wireless crisis-management system used to assist police, fire
RFID tags track patient transport equipment 1st May 2006 Stanford Hospital and Clinics will deploy VeriChip’s AssetracSystem to locate and track patient transport equipment within its 613-bed facility. The product
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