Wireless Networks

Texas town to deploy wireless mesh network

Cisco yesterday announced that the city of El Paso, Texas, is deploying its wireless mesh solution for an outdoor wireless network. The new network will support the Digital El Paso Project, which is a collaboration between the city, the county, the El …

IBM designs wireless system for citywide accessibility

The city of Brownsville, Texas, hired IBM under a $4 million agreement to help design an enterprise-modernization project that will provide city departments with a wireless Internet infrastructure. Rioplex Wireless will maintain the wireless network. …

Mobile network solution targets first responders

Alcatel-Lucent introduced its CDMA2000 mobile network solution for the 700 MHz frequency band. The commercial solution is being enhanced to support the specific needs of state and local public-safety organizations, according to the company.

Firm reports on Wi-Fi interference issues

The Germantown, Md.-based Farpoint Group, a wireless research advisory firm, recently released a report on Wi-Fi network interference issues. The firm found that common wireless devices and equipment frequently caused interference to wireless-LAN …

Ralink chooses wireless chipset tester

Ralink Technology, a 802.11x WLAN chipset developer, selected Azimuth System’s 400NB channel emulator to perform automated testing of its MIMObility draft 802.11n wireless chipsets. The 400NB is a channel-emulator platform for testing multiple-input, …

Transportation Department purchases digital sensor network

Traffic.com announced an agreement with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) for the installation of the company’s digital sensor network of roadside traffic sensors along expressways around the Raleigh, N.C., metropolitan area. The …

Frontline Wireless offers an alternative 700 MHz proposal

Frontline Wireless, a two-month-old startup boasting a trio of high-profile industry leaders, this week unveiled its proposal for a 700 MHz nationwide, broadband public-safety network that would utilize spectrum currently allocated for both commercial and public-safety use

Public-safety routers unveiled

Wireless mesh network systems provider Tropos Networks announced the Tropos 9000 series of 4.9 GHz-equipped MetroMesh routers for the public-safety market. The series provides policy-based routing for multi-band, metro-scale wireless mesh networks that …

Washington amateur radio repeater sites subject to tax

The American Radio Relay League’s Western Washington Section is seeking support for a state bill that would exempt amateur radio repeater owners from paying an excise tax based on the commercial value of repeater sites. The issue surfaced after state of …

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Texas town to deploy wireless mesh network

IBM designs wireless system for citywide accessibility

Mobile network solution targets first responders

Firm reports on Wi-Fi interference issues

Ralink chooses wireless chipset tester

Transportation Department purchases digital sensor network

Frontline Wireless offers an alternative 700 MHz proposal

Public-safety routers unveiled

Washington amateur radio repeater sites subject to tax

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