APCO 2005 Daily Show Coverage
APCO 2005 DAILY NEWSCopps says FCC needs to help public safety moreAug 26, 2005 4:26 PM, By Donny Jackson DENVER--Federal regulators should do more to aid public-safety communications, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said last night in a keynote speech during the gala event that closed this year’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) annual conference... Proxim jumps into 4.9 GHz, Wi-Fi mesh networkingAug 25, 2005 1:27 PM, By Glenn Bischoff DENVER--Proxim Wireless Corp. announced during this week’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference here the availability of its wireless municipal mesh network solution that operates in the 2.4 GHz and 4.9 GHz bands and offers broadband connectivity to municipalities where it is cost-prohibitive to install network wireless edge access devices... Raytheon JPS offers special pricing on ACU-TAug 25, 2005 1:21 PM DENVER--Raytheon JPS announced during APCO that it would temporarily reduce prices for its ACU-T Tactical Intelligent Interconnect System... Catalyst unveils next-generation of RoIP softwareAug 25, 2005 1:19 PM DENVER--Radio-over-IP solutions vendor Catalyst Communications Technologies announced during APCO Version 4.42 of its software that adds capabilities designed to let users better control and manage their RoIP dispatch and interoperability systems... Aeroflex announces 2.7 GHz service monitorAug 25, 2005 12:17 PM DENVER--Test and measurement vendor Aeroflex this week announced the release of a new service monitor that extends the operating range to 2.7 GHz for analog and digital RF signals... Twisted Pair Solutions gets new partnersAug 25, 2005 11:54 AM DENVER--Seattle-based Twisted Pair Solutions this week announced the addition of new technology partners and channel partners for its IP-based interoperability software solution... Project MESA slows as vendors hold outAug 25, 2005 11:30 AM, By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Project MESA was launched five years ago as a collaborative effort between the United States and Europe to identify and create common specifications for the next generation of public-safety wireless systems, yet progress has been sluggish ... ClosedNetworks CEO warns of 4.9 GHz band issuesAug 25, 2005 11:21 AM, By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Ed Vea, chief executive officer of ClosedNetworks, tempered the hype surrounding the prospects of the 4.9 GHz band, highlighting the fact that several cost and network considerations come into play that won’t make planning high-speed mobility networks easy... Vehicle-tagging solution addresses high-speed chasesAug 24, 2005 12:39 PM, By Glenn Bischoff DENVER--Each year in the U.S. police officers engage in about 100,000 high-speed chases, 70% of which last 10 minutes or less and 85% of which involve non-violent offenders... M/A-COM intros quad-mode radioAug 24, 2005 12:15 PM DENVER--M/A-COM introduced the P7200 quad-mode radio, which supports the company’s OpenSky and EDACS IP-based platforms as well as APCO’s Project 25 digital standard—both conventional and trunking—and analog... Eventide, Genesis Group partner on digital trunked logging solutionsAug 24, 2005 12:10 PM DENVER--Eventide and Genesis Group announced a partnership agreement to integrate Genesis’ trunked radio applications with Eventide’s Linux-based digital voice recorders... EFJohnson unveils trunked repeaterAug 24, 2005 12:04 PM DENVER--EFJohnson has introduced the 3800 Series Project 25 digital repeater... Genesis helps Motorola users rid systems of clonesAug 24, 2005 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson DENVER--The Genesis Group this week announced a new feature in its software-based monitoring system that helps Motorola SmartZone users identify unwanted clone radios operating on their networks.... NIST gives first responders an inside look at radio wave behaviorAug 24, 2005 11:11 AM, By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Engineers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have spent the last two years radio mapping large buildings and placing transmitters in old buildings before their implosion to study how waves behave inside buildings—both intact and demolished... Alvarion platform stretches into 4.9 GHz bandAug 24, 2005 10:58 AM, By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Alvarion Ltd. announced it has extended it broadband platform into the 4.9 GHz band, which is set aside for public-safety data communications... Thales offers GPS support for P25 radiosAug 24, 2005 10:49 AM, By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Thales Communications announced its Project 25 radios now support GPS software, allowing users to plug in any off-the-shelf GPS unit... APCO solicits members’ help lobbying Congress on 700 MHzAug 23, 2005 11:52 AM, By Donny Jackson DENVER--Members of the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) need to tell their federal lawmakers that legislation establishing a firm date for television broadcasters to clear spectrum at 700 MHz is critical to public safety, speakers said yesterday in a “call to action” session... Motorola offers data improvements for Astro 25 systemsAug 23, 2005 11:38 AM, By Donny Jackson DENVER--Motorola today announced it has begun initial deployments of infrastructure that will let its Astro 25 customers realize a 10-fold increase in the data rates inherent in the system... CellAntenna CEO: Ease up on jamming banAug 23, 2005 11:29 AM, By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Howard Melamed, CEO of CellAntenna Corp., has launched a one-man crusade of sorts urging the Federal Communications Commission to allow public-safety to use jamming devices to ward off the dangers of cell-phone-triggered explosives... Video surveillance clearly on Motorola’s screenAug 23, 2005 10:38 AM, By Glenn Bischoff DENVER--Motorola is wasting little time in leveraging last year’s acquisition of peer-to-peer network developer MeshNetworks... Kenwood adds to P25 radio portfolioAug 23, 2005 10:44 AM Denver--Kenwood introduced during the Association of Public-Safety Association Officials conference here the TK-5710, a mobile radion designed for public-safety used that provides both conventional operations and Project 25 capability... PacketHop announces first productAug 22, 2005 11:45 AM, By Donny Jackson DENVER--Software vendor PacketHop today announced the release of its first commercial products at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officers (APCO) conference... Icom unveils P25 migration solutionAug 22, 2005 12:40 PM Icom announced a three-tier suite of portable and mobile radios designed to ease the migration of public-safety agencies to APCO’s Project 25 digital standard... Thales plans advanced encryption for P25 radiosAug 22, 2005 12:37 PM Thales Communications announced a software upgrade scheduled for later this year that will add 256-bit key AES encryption to the Thales 25 portable radio... Bird adds antenna and cabling diagnostic toolsAug 22, 2005 12:34 PM Bird Electronics introduced the SA-6000EX, the latest addition to its Site Analyzer antenna and cabling diagnostic tools... Motorola intros dispatch console, location and P25 solutionsAug 22, 2005 12:27 PM Motorola introduced the MCC 7500 IP dispatch solution, which connects directly to the IP network without backroom electronics or gateways... APCO 2005 COMMENTARYInteroperability pays, in more ways than oneAug 26, 2005 5:52 PM, By Donny Jackson DENVER--It may not be happening as quickly as many had hoped, but there is growing evidence that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding is reaching communities to pay for better and interoperable communications... 700 MHz: The time is nowAug 24, 2005 6:17 PM, By Donny Jackson DENVER--For almost a decade, public-safety officials have waited for valuable 700 MHz spectrum to be cleared by television broadcasters, so the first-responder community can use the much-needed airwaves in their ongoing efforts to save lives and property... Opening session: Ridge on managing the riskAug 23, 2005 12:59 PM, By Lynnette Luna DENVER--The war on terror is a permanent one. As such, interoperable communications cooperation among local jurisdictions is critical to managing this risk, said former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge during yesterday’s opening session at APCO... CML, Cisco deliver IP-based PSAP solutionAug 22, 2005 11:51 AM, By Donny Jackson DENVER—For some time, industry observers have noted the importance for public-safety answering points (PSAPs) to migrate to an IP-based platform to realize cost advantages and functionality in handling the myriad means of communications available today... APCO 2005 EXHIBITORSAPCO 2005 Exhibitor ListAug 1, 2005 10:50 AM Click here for a complete listing of companies and organizations exhibiting at APCO 2005... APCO 2005 PRODUCTSAPCO sees intro of new productsAug 1, 2005 12:00 AM, By Glenn Bischoff Topics covered at conference include VoIP, public-safety trends...
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