One-way paging to NPCS: Strategies for migration Carriers can minimize the risk of narrowband personal communications services (NPCS) deployment by using wireless messaging transfer protocol to share another network or by using ReFlex protocol to add a re 1st August 1996 Several American paging companies spent a total of more than $1 billion for radio frequency (RF) licenses in the 1994 FCC spectrum auctions. Those large,
News: Signal introduces enhanced mobile workstations to South Florida 1st August 1996 Signal Communications, Pompano Beach, FL, has been selected as a dealer-partner to represent the Geotek product line within the South Florida market.
News: 220MHz system owners unite in ‘strength in numbers’ approach 1st August 1996 The first meeting of the newly founded National SMR 220 MHz Managing Partners Association was held in Las Vegas in June. The association’s aim is to maintain
Frequency domain reflectometry vs. time domain reflectometry Here are the fundamentals of two measurement technologies and a nuts-and-bolts look at the practical implications for RF antenna systems. 1st August 1996 RF cable and antenna testing is increasingly important to sustain performance quality and to reduce maintenance costs. Frequency domain reflectometry
News: PageNet opens distribution center for national accounts division 1st August 1996 PageNet, Dallas, has moved its distribution center for its National Accounts Division. The new fully automated, 62,000-square-foot facility houses a new
News: Nextel orders iDEN technology 1st August 1996 Nextel Communications, McLean, VA, is placing an order worth slightly more than $100 million for an improved version of Motorola’s integrated dispatch
News: E.F. Johnson supports SMR WON 1st August 1996 E.F. Johnson, Burnsville, MD, has announced its support of the Specialized Mobile Radio Wireless Operator Network (SMR WON) and the association’s efforts
Tips for police cruiser installations Pre-planning, care in running wire and cables, a master ground and proper antenna placement are keys to a successful installation. Good quality control is also an important element in preventing unnecessary callbacks. 1st August 1996 Major urban, with an increasingly large number of suburban and rural, public safety departments are equipping their patrol fleets with modern, powerful
NEWS Bird announces winners in contest to locate oldest Thruline wattmeter 1st July 1996 Bird Electronic, Solon, OH, revealed 11 winners in Quest 43, a year-long contest to locate the oldest working model 43 Thruline wattmeter. The announcement
NEWS Trump Plaza selects Ericsson’s EDACS to facilitate communications 1st July 1996 Atlantic City-based Trump Plaza Hotels and Casinos have chosen to implement Ericsson’s, Lynchburg, VA, digitally trunked technology and provide radio
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
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