XG Technology soft-launches commercial network 

By: By Donny Jackson

Florida communications startup xG Technology announced the deployment of the first xMAX base station and antennas in Daytona Beach, Fla....

Don't mess with Mother Nature 

By: By Matt Gauvin

A lightning strike is inevitable - here's what to do before it happens...

NextWave increases TD-CDMA capital 

By: By Lynnette Luna

Company hopes to accelerate deployments of still-nascent broadband technology...

Big signals at small cost 

By: By Ira Wiesenfeld and Charles Edwards

Bob Buckley, sheriff of Union Parish, La., knew he had a serious communications problem on his hands. The UHF two-way radio system that the parish operated...

Power cooperative upgrades to a trunked radio system 

North Dakota-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative, a wholesale power supplier, will replace its existing conventional radio system with a new Tait MPT...

Wireless base stations support hospital communications 

N.C.-based Rex Hospital installed 88 Ascom Wireless base stations throughout its 439-bed facility for campus-wide wireless coverage. Staff working in...

Nebraska school system goes wireless 

Proxim Wireless' outdoor, broadband wireless products have been deployed in several Nebraska school districts. The school networks use the company's Tsunami...

WiMAX Forum certifies first products 

By: BY JAMES CARELESS

The WiMAX Forum a consortium of wireless broadband vendors and operators working to promote industrywide acceptance of the IEEE 802.16-2004 and ETSI HiperMAN...

Report: Motorola repeater worked properly on 9/11 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

A draft report issued by the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology indicated that a New York City Fire Department repeater...

Vanu to deploy SDR base station in India 

Vanu said it has entered into a partnership with the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT), a department of the Government of India, to deploy...

Base station planning isn't simple 

By: BY HAROLD KINLEY

Planning and implementing a base station is an involved process requiring knowledge of the desired coverage area. The location must provide coverage of...