ROADS LESS TRAVELED 1st May 2005 The land mobile radio industry is healthy, vibrant and ready to enter a data-centric world driven by IP technologies. So say senior executives at major vendors to the public-safety and government sectors
Kentucky agency upgrades two-way radio system 1st May 2005 The Kentucky Department of Vehicle Enforcement (KVE) is replacing its 1950s two-way radio system
Nortel to buy PEC Solutions 26th April 2005 Nortel Networks today announced that it has agreed to acquire PEC Solution for about $448 million as part of its efforts to focus on the federal-government marketplace
First responder among Nextel contest winners 22nd April 2005 Nextel Communications said Thomas Murray of Tinley Park, Ill., won first prize, worth $1000, in the company’s Wireless Winners contest
Fujitsu launches WiMAX system-on-chip 22nd April 2005 Fujitsu unveiled the MB87M3400, a WiMAX system-on-chip that complies with the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard and which will enable development of a new generation of WiMAX-compliant broadband wireless access (BWA) equipment, the company said
Virginia sheriff’s department joins APCO program 22nd April 2005 The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials said the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office would implement the APCO Institute Emergency Medical Dispatch Program
IPMobileNet lands contract with Minnesota region-wide agency 22nd April 2005 Irvine, Calif.-based IPMobileNet said it has entered into an agreement with the Minnesota Regional Service Agency to deploy its Series 32 mobile data system
Stone Mountain intros speaker microphones 22nd April 2005 Stone Mountain unveiled its ProBand 800 MHz remote antenna speaker microphone configured for the Motorola XTS and HT750/1250 series portable radios
Reporter’s notebook: IWCE 2005 15th April 2005 So much happened last week at IWCE 2005 in Las Vegas that we couldn’t report on all of it, even in a town where no one sleeps. Here are few items that, while buried in our notebooks, are still noteworthy
SmartLink expands sales infrastructure, support 15th April 2005 SmartLink Radio Networks said it has created SmartPartner, a regional partner program designed to broaden the reach of its I-Network platform
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