Public Safety

Nextel and Motorola unveil off-network P2T solution

Nextel and Motorola recently announced the introduction of Direct Talk, a back-up walkie-talkie service that Nextel customers can use when they are outside the carrier’s coverage areas

Florida agency to deploy Motorola IP-based interop solution

Motorola recently announced that it has received a contract from the Florida State Technology Office to deploy its Motobridge IP interoperability solution statewide. Part of the company’s Mission Critical IP portfolio, Motobridge IP enables first …

Florida police radio system goes live statewide

The Florida Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) is now operating statewide, according to M/A-COM

City of Providence to install new CAD system

Troy, Mich.-based New World Systems said it has been awarded a $4.5 million contract from the City of Providence, R.I., to deploy its Windows-based Aegis/MSP public-safety software and related services

K.C. police deploy Compudyne CAD system

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

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

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

Senate approves E-911 funding bill

In its final action before adjourning for the year, the U.S. Senate last night passed a telecom-legislation package that included language for increased E-911 funding and the creation of a spectrum relocation trust fund

Chicago fire department field-tests handhelds

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

5 for ’05 Technologies

The land mobile radio industry has entered a bright new world replete with exciting–and, in some cases, scary–new opportunities. It’s not just about walkie-talkies anymore

Nextel and Motorola unveil off-network P2T solution

Florida agency to deploy Motorola IP-based interop solution

Florida police radio system goes live statewide

City of Providence to install new CAD system

K.C. police deploy Compudyne CAD system

DOD radio system allegedly overpowers garage-door openers

Louisiana ambulance service deploys Radio IP gateway

Senate approves E-911 funding bill

Chicago fire department field-tests handhelds

5 for ’05 Technologies

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