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
Florida sheriffs get wireless surveillance systems 1st May 2006 Viasys Network Services will outfit five Florida sheriffs’ offices with tactical wireless surveillance systems. The portable systems feature wide-angle
Let your fingers do the talking 1st May 2006 In a digital communications system, voice is just a form of data: Speech is converted into packets for transport across the network and then reconverted
Padcom wins patent lawsuit 1st May 2006 A U.S. district court jury ruled that mobile VPN software vendor NetMotion Wireless infringed on two patents held by competitor Padcom. The patents at
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