Public Safety

IP Wireless announces 700 MHz-based solutions

IP Wireless unveiled its 700 MHz band public-safety solution. The UMTS TD-CDMA-based solution operates in all 700 MHz

TETRA IP-based switch hits market

Motorola released Dimetra IP Compact, an IP-based switch for Terrestrial Trunked Radio private network customers.

Sprint Nextel plans to upgrade CDMA push-to-talk function

Sprint Nextel today announced an agreement to use Qualcomm’s QChat solution to deliver a CDMA push-to-talk solution in 2008 that will offer similar performance to its legacy Nextel DirectConnect and can interoperate with the push-to-talk users on the former Nextel’s iDEN network

National Guard invests in chemical detectors

The U.S. National Guard has purchased several custom-configured AreaRAEs, which are wireless toxic-chemical and radiation detectors manufactured by RAE Systems.

N. Y. sheriff’s office deploys mobile computers

The civil division of the Onondaga County, N.Y., Sheriff’s Office is deploying Hand Held Products’ Dolphin 7900 mobile computers for field-based data collection.

Motorola: Proposed 700 MHz reallocation cost neutral to public safety

Proposals to reallocate public-safety spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band would involve minimal costs to public-safety agencies, which should make them easier to consider, a Motorola official said this week.

Civil Air Patrol invests in P25 radios

EFJ subsidiary EFJohnson received a $2.65 million order from the Civil Air Patrol, a nonprofit organization that performs search and rescues missions as assigned by the U.S. Air Force

M/A-COM deploys IP-based P25 system in National Capitol Region

Mission-critical wireless vendor M/A-COM yesterday announced that it has deployed the first fully operational, IP-based, P25 system for the Department of Defense (DoD) in the National Capitol Region

Nine Michigan counties integrate disparate systems

Nine counties in the south-central region of Michigan are now deploying Codespear’s SmartMsg interoperability and broadcast-alert software solution.

U.N. Foundation partners with industry to deliver global, emergency communications

The U.N. Foundation and the Vodafone Group Foundation announced a five-year, public-private program formed to provide emergency-response communications systems to disaster areas within 48 hours.

IP Wireless announces 700 MHz-based solutions

TETRA IP-based switch hits market

Sprint Nextel plans to upgrade CDMA push-to-talk function

National Guard invests in chemical detectors

N. Y. sheriff’s office deploys mobile computers

Motorola: Proposed 700 MHz reallocation cost neutral to public safety

Civil Air Patrol invests in P25 radios

M/A-COM deploys IP-based P25 system in National Capitol Region

Nine Michigan counties integrate disparate systems

U.N. Foundation partners with industry to deliver global, emergency communications

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