Current announces fault-detection capability, remote-thermostat deployment 

By Donny Jackson

Broadband-over-power-line (BPL) provider Current Group this week announced the deployment of home area networks for programmable thermostats and the introduction of underground fault detection over its networks -- features that are designed to improve the reliability and efficiency of electrical grids...

xG Technology gets FCC certification, prepares for first profits 

By Donny Jackson

Florida-based startup xG Technology recently received FCC certification for its xMAX equipment, allowing the company to ship base stations for at least four new markets this month and experience its first profitable period, according to CEO Rick Mooers...

Sprint settles rebanding cost dispute 

By Glenn Bischoff

Sprint Nextel recently settled a dispute with the city of Boston over whether the use of inventory-control software that the city had purchased from MCM Technology constituted a recoverable expense related to the reconfiguration of the city’s 800 MHz radio system...

XG Technology announces commercial network deployment, ‘soft’ launch 

By Donny Jackson

Fledgling Florida communications startup xG Technology recently announced the deployment of the first xMAX base station and antennas in Daytona Beach, Fla., the location of the first commercial market for its mobile voice-over-IP (VoIP) service...

Ethertronics antennas included in new DriveCam product 

By Donny Jackson

DriveCam’s newest video solution will feature integrated, high-performance antennas from Ethertronics, allowing DriveCam’s windshield-mounted video-event recorder to be smaller and more durable...

Atheros announces power-efficient mobile Wi-Fi chip 

By Donny Jackson

Semiconductor company Atheros this week announced it has developed a new 802.11g chip for mobile devices that will be three times more power efficient and will provide almost twice the data throughput as current solutions...

ADC to pay $169 million for LGC Wireless 

By Donny Jackson

In-building wireless solutions provider LGC Wireless today announced it has agreed to be acquired by established telecom vendor ADC for $169 million in cash and other considerations...

Solar-powered batteries support wireless devices 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Orlando, Fla.-based Solis Energy today announced its suite of solar power-based products that are designed for situations in which grid-supplied electricity is unavailable for powering wireless surveillance cameras, Wi-Fi hotspots, WiMAX radios and sensor networks. ...

APCO: EFJohnson announces multisite P25 system 

By Donny Jackson

BALTIMORE--EFJohnson today introduced multisite capability to its Trunked IP25 Infrastructure System featuring a fully distributive architecture that is designed to increase reliability and lower costs for first-responder agencies...

BelAir introduces three-radio node targeted for 4.9 GHz operation 

By Donny Jackson

Mobile broadband systems vendor BelAir Networks this week introduced the BelAir 100T, a three-radio mesh-networking node designed primarily to support public-safety applications operating on 4.9 GHz spectrum...

NetMotion upgrades mobile VPN software 

By Glenn Bischoff

NetMotion Wireless announced version 7.2 of its Mobility XE mobile VPN software package, which now supports the Windows Vista operating system and gives network administrators more control...

Vendor says new release will deliver nationwide interoperable communications 

By Donny Jackson

CoCo Communications officials said yesterday that version 4.0 of the company’s software-driven networking protocol and application suite—a scalable, IP-based solution—is capable of providing nationwide interoperable communications for first responders for a fraction of the cost of hardware-based solutions...

IWCE: JPS gateway connects IP phones, two-way radios  

By Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--Raleigh, N.C.-based Raytheon JPS Communications launched the ACU-2000 IP gateway at IWCE 2007 in Las Vegas. The device converges interoperability, Internet protocol (IP) and session initiation protocol (SIP) functions into a single communications system...

IBM and Cisco launch emergency crisis response service 

By Mary Rose Roberts

IBM and Cisco recently collaborated on an emergency response service that mixes consultancy services with rugged voice- and data-communications systems designed to restore enterprise and government network systems during crises...

InnerWireless, PanGo Networks merge 

By Donny Jackson

InnerWireless and PanGo Networks yesterday announced a merger of the two companies that will combine the in-building coverage and location infrastructure of InnerWireless with PanGo’s location-service software platform to provide enterprises with an end-to-end asset-tracking solution...