APCO: Cisco demonstrates ability to link disparate devices
BALTIMORE–Interoperability, which generally has been defined as the ability of radios operating on different technologies and frequencies to communicate with each other, has been the stated—and often elusive—goal of the public-safety sector for years. At this week’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials annual conference, Cisco Systems gave interoperability a twist by demonstrating the ability to link analog and digital two-way radios, voice over IP phones, wireline phones, wireless phones and satellite phones