Michigan statewide radio system wins award 10th June 2005 The American Council for Technology recently chose the Michigan Public Safety Communication System (MPSCS) for its 2005 Intergovernmental Solutions Award, which recognizes outstanding government technology programs. The 181-tower statewide digital two-way radio system was chosen from more than 60 nominations across the country.
ZigBee system-on-a-chip introduced 10th June 2005 Ember Corp. this week announced the introduction of a product that it is billing as the world’s first ZigBee system-on-a-chip. The EM250 is an 802.15.4-based semiconductor system built to be ZigBee compliant that integrates a programmable microprocessor, RF radio, network protocol stack and memory into a single-chip solution.
NENA president wants closer relationship with VoIP sector 7th June 2005 CHICAGO–National Emergency Number Association (NENA) President Bill McMurray, speaking yesterday at the 2005 VoIP: Telephony conference, predicted that the FCC’s order requiring voice-over-IP providers to offer the same enhanced 911 services made available by wireline and wireless carriers ultimately would result in technologies that improve the performance of public-safety answering points and first responders in the field
California city chooses Motorola’s mesh solution 7th June 2005 The city of Ripon, Calif., today announced that it has chosen Motorola’s mesh-networking product to provide broadband data access to Ripon employees, including first responders and those working for the city-owned water utility.
PCTEL relocates antenna products group 3rd June 2005 PCTEL announced that it has moved its antenna products group-formerly known as Maxrad-to a new 75,000-square-foot facility in the Chicago suburb of Bloomingdale, Ill
Motorcycle helmet application deploys radio system-on-a-chip 3rd June 2005 Cypress Semiconductor said its WirelessUSB radio system-on-a-chip was selected by Motion Research to provide wireless connectivity for its SportVue MC1
Alcatel intros secure Wi-Fi switch for enterprises 3rd June 2005 Alcatel announced an addition to its line of OmniAccess wireless LAN switches that provides broad, highly secure Wi-Fi coverage for enterprises, campuses and other heavy-use areas
More police departments deploy Motorola mobile video system 3rd June 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
Nortel completes HSDPA trial in Israel 3rd June 2005 Nortel said it has successfully completed a trial of its high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) technology in Tel Aviv with cellular provider Partner Communications
Aeroflex named test-and-measurement company of the year 3rd June 2005 Financial consultancy Frost & Sullivan named Aeroflex its 2005 communications test-and-measurement company of the year
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