FIRST WORD

More is better

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

Just about three years ago, the 9-11 Commission issued its final report on the attacks that rocked America. Chief among the findings was the assessment...

NEWS

700 MHz policies to be clarified

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Donny jackson

FCC proceedings on service rules should help with policy-making...

One down, two to go

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

800 MHz parties hope FCC future rulings will provide needed direction...

Sprint Nextel suffers more iDEN losses

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

However, carrier saw increase in Boost Mobile prepaid subscribers...

NENA, APCO sign next-gen 911 planning agreement

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The National Emergency Number Association and APCO announced a joint agreement regarding next-generation 911 systems migration and transition planning...

New York hospital to install wireless network

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

INX announced that it won a contract to deploy a wireless network solution for Arnot Ogden Medical Center in Elmira, N.Y....

Idaho city gets interoperable network

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Oak Brook, Ill.-based Federal Signal Corp. and the city of Pocatello, Idaho, announced plans to deploy an interoperable communications platform ...

Florida city gets metro Wi-Fi network

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Delray Beach, Fla., city commissioners unanimously awarded a citywide wireless contract to Delray Beach Wi-Fi...

Louisiana parish invests in IP platform

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

CalAmp Corp.'s Dataradio operating unit has been awarded a $1.6 million contract to replace the mobile data network used by St. Tammany Parish, La....

School system invests in wireless tracking system

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Public schools in the city of Dothan, Ala., will install more than 100 of SouthernLINC Wireless' iTRAk GPS devices on school buses...

Massachusetts county deploys P25 system

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Tyco Electronics' M/A-COM business unit deployed its P25IP conventional MASTR III radio communications system in Franklin County, Mass....

NIST identifies RFID security threats

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

That National Institute of Standards and Technology, or NIST, released a report that advises manufacturers, retailers, hospitals, federal agencies ...

Southern California rail line invests in wireless systems

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Wireless mesh-networking provider Strix Systems announced that the North County Transit District of San Diego has installed Strix's Access/One Network...

Montreal hospital gets wireless network

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

IBM is designing and installing a wireless network at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada....

Pennsylvania transit authority awards $17.8 million contract

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Dulles, Va.-based Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Transportation Management Systems division has been awarded a $17.8 million contract by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority...

Monaco to install TETRA network

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Motorola has been selected by the Principality of Monaco to deliver a nationwide terrestrial trunked radio, or TETRA, communications network...

RFID tracks Australian military shipments

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The Australian Defense Force sent the first RFID-tagged shipments from Australia into the Middle East...

Senate committee passes VoIP 911 bill

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

Members of the Senate Commerce Committee approved a bill designed to make E911 obligations for voice-over-IP providers comparable to those of traditional mobile wireless carriers...

U.K. rail passengers gain Internet access

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

U.K.-based Moovera Networks and Vodafone UK announced the commercial launch of high-speed Internet access on Europe's most frequently used express coach...

EFJohnson awarded $2.6 million contract

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

EFJ announced that its EFJohnson subsidiary received a contract from the Louisiana Statewide Interoperable Executive Committee...

Raytheon lands multi-million dollar government contract

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Raytheon has been awarded an initial $14 million contract through the U.S. government to supply 650 enhanced position-location reporting system...

Satellite system vendor lands 20th patent

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded Reston, Va.-based Mobile Satellite Ventures its 20th patent ...

Companies partner on video surveillance, mesh network

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Houston-based LenSec, a provider of citywide, IP-based video surveillance solutions, is teaming with wireless mesh networks developer Firetide ...

Oregon first responders upgrade to mesh network

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Wireless integrator Invictus Networks and mobile broadband, mesh network solutions provider BelAir Networks designed and deployed a next-generation, public-safety network...

Companies partner on distribution agreement

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Radio base station and repeater provider Daniels Electronics entered into a distribution agreement with RELM Wireless...

Report: Health care RFID market to top $8 billion by 2010

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Analyst firm Research and Markets estimated in a report that radio frequency identification in the U.S. hospital sector would be worth approximately $8.8 billion...

Companies partner on Wi-Fi system

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Atria Networks selected Ruckus Wireless' MetroFlex modems and systems ...

Birmingham gets shot locator system

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

Shotspotter announced that the city of Birmingham, Ala., would use the company's patented gunshot-location technology in a 6-square-mile area of the city...

Globalstar awards antenna contract

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Lafox, Ill.-based Richardson Electronics announced that it received a contract from Globalstar to produce 60,000 antenna assemblies ...

California county upgrades communications

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Houston, Texas-based Tait Radio Communications will upgrade its TaitNet P25 digital network solution ...

VIEW FROM THE TOP

First things first

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By David P. Storey

Imagine a world where super-advanced high-tech innovations all come together in a universal solution for an integrated communications network that could be all things to all people--or at least to all public-safety professionals and emergency responders...

FIRST RESPONSE

911 and the broadband future

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jason Barbour

Significant debate has ensued in the nation's capital and nationwide over the past several months regarding the need for a national public-safety wireless broadband network...

IN THE WORKS

A corner turned in nation's capital

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

Other locales are looking to duplicate country's first 700 MHz broadband network...

IN THE FIELD

A radical procedure

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

Hospital turns to wireless VoIP to save more money, more lives...

TECH SPEAK

The next level of intermodulation

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Harold Kinley

Here's what to do when dealing with amplifier signals that are unequal...

PUBLIC SAFETY

The path to a better PSAP

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Morgan Wright

IP networks that deliver greater resiliency and enable new applications are ready now...

NENA 2007

A crash course on next-gen 911

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

NENA conference will attempt to dissect technical, operational issues of NG911...

COVER STORY

Connecting the dots

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

First responders today--as well as their commanders--have at their disposal next-generation wireless devices and high-speed data systems that enable them to transmit and receive vital information when a major incident occurs. But the databases they are able to access aren't what they could be--or should be--in a post-911 world. Fusion center advocates hope to change that...

PRODUCTS

Retailers get new tool

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

PDA helps shoppers check out quicker while tracking route through store...

Fighting the good fight

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

GPS capability added to solution that tracks--then eliminates--rogue access points...

NetMotion upgrades mobile VPN software

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Glenn Bischoff

NetMotion Wireless announced version 7.2 of its Mobility XE mobile virtual private network, or VPN, software package, which now supports the Windows Vista...

MobileSphere enters emergency text-messaging space

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Donny Jackson

Boston-based communications provider MobileSphere announced the expansion of its text-messaging portfolio with the Emergency Broadcast Text Messaging...

products

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY LYNNETTE LUNA

Electrocardiogram device Monebo Technologies announced that its CardioBelt Electrode System received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration....

3-D console supports multiple operations

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM, Mary Rose Roberts

The Boeing Co.'s (www.boeing.com) Visual Security Operations Console Sentinel, or VSOC, is a common-operating environment, software-based solution that...

WEB SITE SHOWCASE

Web site showcase

Jun 1, 2007 12:00 PM

AVTEC INC. Avtec is the forerunner in the development of radio and telephone communications console systems. Founded in 1979, Avtec designs, manufactures...

FINAL WORD

Rebanding decisions will have an impact

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

New York is in the process of replacing its radio system...