Operations

CoCo Communications installs wireless mesh in Seattle school

CoCo Communications today announced it has deployed a “wireless security blanket” at Franklin High School in Seattle

SBC nixes notion of Vonage E-911 trial

SBC Communications this week declined an offer from Vonage to participate in an E-911 trial designed to address VoIP provider’s emergency-service shortcomings that have been highlighted by events during the last two months

FCC seeks comment on public-safety spectrum

The FCC this week announced it is seeking comments on the short-term and long-term spectral needs for emergency response providers

Iridium unveils P2T plans

Iridium Satellite last week announced it plans to offer push-to-talk service to the Department of Defense by the end of the year and to other customers during 2006

First Response Coalition decries $100 billion funding gap

A relaunched First Response Coalition yesterday released a report claiming that police, fire and emergency medical services will be underfunded by about $100 billion through 2008

CoConnect begins wireless mesh deployment

CoConnect this week announced it has begun deployment of its Metropolitan Wireless Mesh network in St. George, Utah, to serve residents and enterprises in the market

Padcom inks deal with Dell

Wireless connectivity vendor Padcom yesterday announced it has teamed with computing giant Dell to create a wireless data solution for the public-safety market

Nokia wins TETRA contract for Abu Dhabi police

Nokia today announced that the Ministry of the Interior of the United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement for the vendor to deploy a TETRA radio communications system for the Abu Dhabi police.

M/A-COM radios pass interoperability test

Radios manufactured by M/A-COM were proven to be APCO Project 25 compliant during tests conducted this week in Arizona, the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune reported. The test was necessitated when the city of Oakland balked at purchasing the company’s radios unless they were proven capable of interoperable communications.

C-AT awarded patents for interoperability solution

Communications-Applied Technology (C-AT) recently announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded the company 13 patents related to its Incident Commanders’ Radio Interface (ICRI), a portable device that provides radio interoperability to first responders

CoCo Communications installs wireless mesh in Seattle school

SBC nixes notion of Vonage E-911 trial

FCC seeks comment on public-safety spectrum

Iridium unveils P2T plans

First Response Coalition decries $100 billion funding gap

CoConnect begins wireless mesh deployment

Padcom inks deal with Dell

Nokia wins TETRA contract for Abu Dhabi police

M/A-COM radios pass interoperability test

C-AT awarded patents for interoperability solution

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