Navy deploys Northrop Grumman 911 CAD system 16th December 2004 The U.S. Navy has deployed a new 911 computer-aided dispatch system at its Regional Operations Command and Control Center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, according to manufacturer Northrop Grumman
K.C. police deploy Compudyne CAD system 16th December 2004 The Kansas City (Mo.) Police Department recently announced it has deployed a computer-aided dispatch system developed by Compudyne’s Tiburon division
DOD radio system allegedly overpowers garage-door openers 16th December 2004 A two-way radio system is being deployed by the Department of Defense at military bases across the country that allegedly is jamming garage-door openers in the affected area, according to the Chicago Sun-Times
Louisiana ambulance service deploys Radio IP gateway 16th December 2004 Radio IP Software recently said that Lafayette, Louisiana-based Acadian Ambulance has deployed its Mobile TCP/IP Gateway as part of a wireless data system upgrade
Sprint renews Nortel contract for infrastructure upgrades 16th December 2004 Sprint recently announced a contract renewal with Nortel that calls for the vendor to provide equipment and professional support for the continued expansion of the carrier’s 3G wireless network
Sprint, Nextel move ahead with merger 15th December 2004 Just a few days after talks between the two companies were made public, Sprint and Nextel Communications have announced a merger-of-equals agreement to form a combined entity with 35 million customers and valued at $70 billion
Chicago fire department field-tests handhelds 1st December 2004 The Chicago Fire Department currently is field-testing handheld mobile computers that are capable of providing incident commanders with layouts and floor plans of buildings and hazardous materials sites while in route to a scene, the Chicago Sun-Times reported
Product Briefs 1st December 2004 Uninterruptible power supplies Phoenix Contact has added the Quint Buffer and Quint DC-UPS uninterruptible power supplies designed for international applications.
News Briefs 1st December 2004 Mark Jasin new Kenwood senior VP, GM Kenwood USA Corp. promoted Mark Jasin to senior vice president and general manager for the company’s communications
RoIP success is in the details 1st December 2004 Last month in this space, we examined the overarching issues associated with using IP networks to provide the backbone for voice traffic in a public-safety
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