Cover Story

The other IP

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

English author and philosopher Sir Thomas Barton opined in the late 16th century that knowledge is power. A more contemporary perspective embraced by...

Features

Out of thin air

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Merrill Douglas

When a major disaster knocks out radio and mobile phone antenna sites and landline networks, first responders are left with few communications options....

School of hard knocks

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Lynnette Luna

A plethora of disasters in the U.S. over the past few years has underscored the need to address weaknesses when it comes to keeping wireless communications...

Truly a watershed event

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jay M. Jacobsmeyer, P.E.

In the U.S., radio spectrum regulated by the FCC falls into two broad categories: licensed and non-licensed. Non-licensed spectrum is more popularly referred...

A double-edged sword

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Barthold

Without doubt, there is gold and perhaps silver and platinum, too, depending on the components to be mined from repairing and maintaining today's new...

News

New year begins with a bang

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

Public-safety communications promises to be a hot topic in Washington, D.C., during 2007, judging from the flurry of activity already seen in the form...

Hospital wirelessly tracks equipment and supplies

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Health care technology supplier Mobile Aspects announced that New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City has expanded its use...

Motorola, Siemens to drive Norway's TETRA system

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Together with Siemens, Motorola will supply core network infrastructure, software, implementation services and maintenance for a terrestrial trunked radio,...

Images, video part of 911 future

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

In the future, callers to the 911 system in New York City will be able to include digital images and video to support their verbal descriptions of an...

Pharmacy chain chooses vehicle management system

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Walgreen's, which operates more than 5500 drugstores in 47 states and Puerto Rico, will deploy I.D. Systems' RFID-based Wireless Asset Net system in distribution...

FCC sides with public safety

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

With a testy dispute regarding nondisclosure agreements resolved by the FCC, officials representing Sprint Nextel and public safety now are discussing...

RFID tracks fish migration paths

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts

A contract worth up to $10 million awarded to Digital Angel by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will let scientists continue to use the company's passive,...

Raytheon begins interoperability pilot

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Raytheon launched a six-month pilot program in the Quad Cities region of Illinois and Iowa that is designed to enhance interoperability and provide remote...

Access points deployed in caverns

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, is using Proxim Wireless's ORiNOCO AP-4000 mesh access points to extend the range of the laboratory's...

Acquisition opens U.S. market for French battery vendor

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Lognes, France-based battery manufacturer Uniross announced its acquisition of U.S.-based Multiplier Industries Corp. According to Walter Ullrich, president,...

Federal Signal purchases Codespear

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Illinois-based Federal Signal announced it has paid $17 million to buy Codespear, a privately held company that boasts software-based interoperability...

RFID tested on European loading docks

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Checkpoint Systems announced it has been involved in a series of RFID technology trials supervised by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute,...

Tennessee county selects P25 vendor

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Cumberland County, Tenn., officials chose EADS Secure Networks North America to deliver a Project 25 IP-based, digital trunked radio system for its public-safety...

Sprint Nextel to launch Mobile WiMAX service this year

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Spring Nextel recently released a progress report on its plans for large-scale, advanced mobile broadband network deployments. The company intends to...

London ambulances get TETRA radios

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Emergency vehicles operated by London's NHS Ambulance Trusts will receive TETRA mobile radios supplied by Cambridge, England-based Sepura, according to...

IEEE updates WPAN standard

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The IEEE Standards Association announced it has updated its 802.15.4 standard, which governs low-rate, wireless personal area networks. Changes include...

Articles

The dawn of a new day

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Glenn Bischoff

I always have been a bigger fan of sunrises than sunsets. The early morning hours are quiet and peaceful and offer promise yet to be shattered by the...

An ounce of prevention

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Chris Lougee

As I sit in my comfortable office chair to write this column, I reflect back on a most uncomfortable 2003 trip to Cleveland. I arrived on a sweltering...

Let's not get ahead of ourselves

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Steve Devine

Most FCC-designated 700 MHz regional planning committees that have received approval from the commission to utilize their allocations in the band so far...

Research satellite to analyze interference sources

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts

Los Alamos National Laboratory, or LANL, scientists designed an armchair-sized satellite, dubbed Cibola and scheduled to launch in late February 2007...

Fasten your seat belts for rebanding

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Alan Tilles

The FCC's recent decision to permit public-safety licensees to discuss terms and conditions of their 800 MHz rebanding agreements with other public-safety...

Products

CES churns out enterprise tools

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Doug Mohney

The Consumer Electronics Show, held in Las Vegas every January, is best known for showcasing flashy consumer gadgets like 106-inch LCD TVs and ever thinner...

RFID tag promises consumer protection, choice

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts

IBM inventor Paul Moskowski modestly admits he's received at least 70 U.S. patents for his inventions. He plans to add one more with the introduction...

Towers, antennas and base stations

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts

The widespread adoption of solar and wind technology in Europe is the main impetus for Motorola's recent investment in eco-friendly energy sources as...

Wi-Fi security becomes simpler

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

Small businesses and telecommuters at home should be able to work more securely over Wi-Fi networks with the availability of the first products that have...

Products

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Broadband amplifiers Freescale Semiconductor unveiled four broadband, RF amplifiers that were developed for WiMAX base stations, meter readers and RFID...

Product showcase

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

AVTEC INC. Avtec's DSPatch10-4 is a fully redundant, single-shelf system designed for mounting in an open frame rack. It contains a full DSPatch feature...

Ultrawideband comes to handsets

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny Jackson

South Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom has announced plans to use Staccato Communications' ultrawideband platform to deliver the first UWB personal...

Other

Corrections

Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The story Rugged device offers multiple tools (January 2007) reported that FedEx is using Dolphin's 7600 hand-held scanners, based on information provided...