Fleet operators buy mobile computers 

SCR Medical Transportation of Chicago and Victor Valley Transit Authority of Hesperia, Calif., deployed 150 of Digital Dispatch Systems' Vector 530 and...

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...

Sprint Nextel boosts hurricane response 

In preparation for this year's hurricane season, Sprint Nextel is expanding the scope of its emergency response team, which helps public-safety agencies...

LMR cable prices increase as copper prices soar 

Times Microwave Systems announced a temporary price increase to offset costs associated with elevated raw material prices, specifically copper used to...

*spotlight: Consoles, loggers, recorders 

By: BY GLENN BISCHOFF

Dual directional coupler Innovative Power Products released its Model IPP-3001 dual directional coupler. The product covers the 20 MHz to 500 MHz frequency...

Health system adopts wireless utility 

Carilion Health System, which serves western Virginia and parts of West Virginia, will install InnerWireless's medical-grade wireless utility in three...

Bigger isn't always better 

By: BY DONNY JACKSON

Since the 1990s, few interoperability tools have been as popular as the Raytheon JPS ACU-1000, which allows any type of audio device to be interconnected...

Canadian ministry orders two-way radio accessories 

Comtrex Communications was awarded a one-year contract to supply two-way radio accessories to the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional...

Fractal Antenna awarded patent 

Bedford, Mass.-based Fractal Antenna Systems announced it has been awarded a U.S. patent for its proprietary technology that enables the company to manufacture...

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...

Times Microwave Systems announces price increases 

By: BY JAMES CARELESS

Citing increased material costs, Times Microwave Systems announced price increases of about 7% for its land mobile radio cables, connectors and accessories....

Delivering more while consuming less 

By: BY DOUG MOHNEY

Radio manufacturers of all types are grappling with ways to effection to get the most out of every battery charge, as users demand more features, increased...

COURT STRIKES AESTHETICS BAN ON WIRELESS TOWERS 

By: BY JAMES CARELESS

Municipalities cannot block construction of wireless towers in public rights-of-way simply because they are perceived to be eyesores, the U.S. 9th Circuit...

Tower-siting fight heats up 

By: BY LYNNETTE LUNA

It has been nearly 10 years since the wireless industry ushered in competition with the entrance of new PCS operators. With it came a plethora of towers...

California city loses tower-siting case 

By: Donny Jackson

Erecting wireless infrastructure in public rights-of-way may have become easier for wireless operators after the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last...