PacketHop field tests multi-agency, mobile broadband communications network 5th March 2004 Belmont, Calif.-based PacketHop recently tested for the first time its mobile mesh solution in Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco.
900 MHz spectrum auction closes, winners announced 5th March 2004 The Federal Communications Commission has closed its 900 MHz specialized mobile radio service (SMRS) auction. Five companies bid $4.86 million for 55
EADS Telecom briefs SAFECOM on improving interoperability 5th March 2004 Officials from EADS Telecom North America’s public-safety division recently urged the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s SAFECOM Program Committee
BearCom announces two-radio radio for schools, hotels and retailers 5th March 2004 BearCom Wireless Worldwide launched the BC120 Business Portable two-way radio, a small, lightweight handset developed by Motorola that is targeted to
Transcrypt lands $1.4 Million contract from Iraqi army 5th March 2004 Transcrypt International announced it has received a $1.4 million contract from the New Iraqi Army to provide encryption boards that will support two-way
Some cities are in a fine mesh 1st March 2004 Now that we’re all wrapped up in the Net, some developers want to teach us another metaphor of omnidirectional connectivity: the mesh. Proponents of meshing
NEWS BRIEFS 1st March 2004 E911 Institute honors individuals The E911 Institute recently honored New York State Assemblyman David Koon, Kristy Wikliff of Southlake, Texas, and Jim
Predicting coverage area is critical 1st March 2004 Early in the evolution of land mobile radio, it was discovered that the higher the base-station antenna, the greater the radio coverage area. This sent
Mayday! 1st March 2004 More than 300 New York City firefighters lost their lives in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center. Families of 12 of those firefighters
Innovation is a double-edged sword 1st March 2004 Throughout Ridley Scott’s gripping film Black Hawk Down, a background image screams volumes about how today’s wars are fought. American soldiers are trying
Latest 3GPP standards-development work includes new classes of HPUE, progress on mission-critical services 1 22nd April 2024
Is LMR the best solution for first responders? Should 4.9 GHz license go to the FirstNet Authority? 3 24th March 2024
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