News Cassidian to sell TETRA in North America 11th March 2013 Cassidian Communications announced that the company will sell its TETRA solutions in the U.S. and Canada, targeting the utility, transportation, agriculture, industrial and petrochemical sectors.
Article USMSS seeks FCC guidance for dealing with non-compliant operators 7th March 2013 Lose a customer or follow FCC rules? That’s the difficult question facing many radio-service shops in the wake of the FCC’s narrowbanding mandate.
Commentary Join us for a TETRA webinar on Thursday 26th February 2013 With the FCC approving the use of TETRA by non-public-safety entities in the U.S., several sectors are taking a closer look at the technology, which is very popular in Europe. Learn more about TETRA during a free webinar on Feb. 28.
News Briefs: FCC announces second field hearing on network resiliency 21st February 2013 Also, BearCom adds Vertex portable to its two-way radio portfolio; DHS issues multiband radio reports; Thales names another executive; Avtec lands multi-year deal with major freight railway; and Micom radios have a new distributor.
Article Exploring LMR subsystems 19th February 2013 If the wrong pieces of equipment are designed or put into a system, it will not perform properly and resources will be seriously affected.
News xG Technology logs orders, projects Q2 product delivery 11th February 2013 Rural carriers and wireless dealers plan to use the company’s xMax cognitive-radio solution to provide carrier-grade wireless broadband connectivity.
News Briefs: Wisconsin city becomes fan of Pryme speaker microphones 17th January 2013 Also, a Washington state utility deploys a Tait 800 MHz digital mobile radio system.
Commentary HF offering could be valuable in the post-disaster toolbox 15th January 2013 It has been interesting to see the level of interest that has emerged about a recent proposal to deploy an older technology — HF radio.
Commentary ‘A solution looking for a problem,’ but fascinating nevertheless 10th January 2013 A look at “invisibility cloaking” technology, and some of its potential uses.
Article The data evolution continues 4th January 2013 Myriad applications developed in recent decades have allowed LMR systems to shed their “voice-only” label. Meanwhile, broadband technologies like LTE promise an even brighter data future.
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 2 24th March 2024