House resolution seeks FCC reconsideration of BPL 1st July 2005 ARRL has expressed support for a proposed U.S. House of Representatives resolution that asks the FCC to reconsider and review its interference policies as they relate to broadband-over-powerline deployments
Washington state upgrades radio system 1st July 2005 Alcatel has deployed an advanced digital voice and data communications network in the state of Washington that replaces the legacy analog system
NEARS seeks national directory funding 1st July 2005 First responders inpressed by interoperable prototype
Nextel CEO predicts public safety in iDEN’s future 1st July 2005 Nextel President and CEO Tim Donahue said he believes the company’s iDEN network could be part of the “public-safety network of the future”
Pick up the phone 1st July 2005 Last month, during a voice-over-IP conference held in Chicago, National Emergency Number Association President Bill McMurray told attendees that NENA’s constituency the nation’s public-safety answering points is eager to start a dialogue with VoIP vendors
*spotlight: in vehicle systems and mounts 1st July 2005 The 12-inch Gooseneck Halogen Map Light is available in top- or side-mount options and features a 5 Watt halogen lamp
Dual-mode phones key to coverage 1st July 2005 Some facilities discover that more wires can be the key to greater wireless access
Ups & Downs 1st July 2005 Equipment vendors and Southern California public-safety agencies recently staged an elaborate test of 4.9 GHz technologies to determine whether airborne systems could operate without causing problems for ground-based systems. What they found is that the answer largely depends on the equipment used
More police deploy Motorola mobile video system 1st July 2005 Motorola announced that police departments in Toledo, Ohio; Southold, N.Y.; Kennersville and Cary, N.C.; and Bossier Parish, La., have deployed its Mobile Enforcer system
EFJohnson debuts VoIP P25 trunking system finally 1st July 2005 EFJohnson announced the IP25 Trunked Infrastructure System, an encrypted end-to-end digital Project 25-compliant system that uses voice-over-IP technology
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