First Word

A time to chortle

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Glenn Bischoff

In the movie Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt is told by his top military advisers that it would be a fool's errand to attempt a daring bombing raid on Japan's mainland in response to the sneak attack that wiped out most of the U.S. Pacific fleet...

News

xG Technology makes tangible strides

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Donny Jackson

First commercial network is in place, with other deals on the cusp...

Globecomm Systems lands $20.7 million contact

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

General Communication, an Alaska-based voice, video and data communication company that serves residential, commercial and government customers, awarded Hauppauge, N.Y.-based Globecomm Systems a $20.7 million network deployment contract...

Medical center adopts wireless system

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Richardson, Texas-based InnerWireless announced that Platte Valley Medical Center in Brighton, Colo., would deploy the company's medical-grade wireless system...

FCC looks at E911 location accuracy

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Donny Jackson

Commission wants testing done at local, not statewide, level...

Wireless network monitors produce

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

San Ramon, Calif.-based Grape Networks has deployed a wireless sensor network for an agricultural company located in California's Central Valley...

Motorola validates wireless parking solution

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Bannockburn, Ill.-based Integrated Parking Solutions, a provider of wireless data communication systems, announced that its wireless parking solutions have been tested and validated by Motorola for use with its Canopy, MotoMesh and HotZone Duo networks...

DoD awards $28 million contract

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Unisys Corp. announced that the U.S. Department of Defense awarded the company a $28 million contract...

Five states adopt wireless meter reader system

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Liberty Lake, Wash.-based Itron secured a contract with MidAmerican Energy Company and Rocky Mountain Power for the deployment of 1.2 million wireless electricity meters...

Business supply company to deploy RFID software suite

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

The Staples Business Depot, a Canadian supplier of office supplies and business services, will install AbsoluteSKY's intelliTRACKER radio frequency identification-based software suite...

Proxim brings wireless broadband to rural India

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

San Jose, Calif.-based Proxim Wireless Corp. announced it is working with Sakthi PURA and Proxim partner Microsense Pvt. Ltd....

EFJohnson secures $1 million contract

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

EFJ Inc. announced that its EFJohnson subsidiary has received a contract valued at $1 million from the Louisiana Statewide Interoperable Executive Committee...

Department of Forestry invests in portable radios

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

RELM Wireless announced that the California Department of Forestry extended its contract with Silverado Avionics, an authorized RELM BK Radio dealer...

Pa. county chooses communication network

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Cambria County, Pa., officials have selected technology from CONXX to deploy a countywide, multi-service communication network...

Researchers transfer power wirelessly

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Physics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science demonstrated a wireless power transfer...

Steel company invests in RFID

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Dublin, Calif.-based Sybase iAnywhere announced that Detroit, Mich.-based ThyssenKrupp Steel would deploy its RFID Anywhere system...

Ban creates headache for 911 sector

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Lynnette Luna

Qualcomm's chipsets would solve 'voice banking' problem...

Medical center uses RFID to track esophageal reflux

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a wireless monitoring system that uses electrical impulses to track esophageal reflux...

Interoperability cash grab begins

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Donny Jackson

Public-safety answering points could be eligible for funding, says one official...

BelAir Networks to provide SLAs for municipal networks

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Donny Jackson

Wireless broadband network vendor BelAir Networks announced what company officials claim is the industry's first service-level agreement program to guarantee performance in municipal wireless networks...

700 MHz players await FCC action

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Donny Jackson

What will be auctioned, and how, is still up in the air...

Meru and IBM partner on university deployment

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

New York-based Morrisville State College selected Meru Networks' 802.11n wireless system for campus-wide deployment...

View From the Top

Let's get going on P25's next phase

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Bob Schassler

The recent decision by the Project 25 (P25) Steering Committee to select TDMA as the basis for Phase 2 of the standard gives the industry a much-needed path forward to making P25 Phase 2 systems a reality...

First Response

New airwaves require new thinking

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Stephen Devine

The introduction of 700 MHz broadband technologies that would leverage public safety's allocation in the band has created a much-needed dialogue...

In the Works

Where's the beef?

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Mary Rose Roberts

It might be easier to answer that question once RFID ink hits the agriculture sector...

In the Field

Narrower bands, wider choices

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Donny Jackson

FCC order provides public safety with more options--and potential complications...

Tech Speak

Tackling interference at the site

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Jay M. Jacobsmeyer, P.E.

Transmitter, receiver and passive intermodulation are the primary culprits...

Enterprise

Sometimes, dreams do come true

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Dave Plank

Entities of all sizes are leveraging more powerful, less costly fleet-management solutions...

APCO 2007

Stopping the revolving door

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Glenn Bischoff

APCO will step up efforts to slow communications center turnover...

Cover Story

Growing pains

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Lynnette Luna

Machine-to-machine communications have come a long way over the past few years. New applications and dropping prices have fueled penetration into lucrative non-traditional sectors. But a lack of standards is keeping the technology from reaching its full potential...

Products

Smartphone gets companion product

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Mary Rose Roberts

Palm offers miniature laptop for road warriors...

Nature-based dyes boost solar power

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Mary Rose Roberts

While the U.S. continues to increase its use of large-scale solar thermal collectors, or solar panels, solar-cell technology developed by New Zealand-based Massey University's Nanomaterials Research Center will generate the country's electricity from sunlight at one-tenth the cost of current silicon-based, photoelectric solar cells, said Professor Wayne Campbell...

EFJohnson debuts enhanced P25 vocoder

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Donny Jackson

EFJohnson announced it is including the Enhanced Project 25 digital vocoder in its new P25 radios...

Solution improves broadband data transmissions

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Glenn Bischoff

Fairfax, Va.-based Saraband Wireless announced it has been awarded a U.S. patent for a solution that improves the throughput and reach of non-line-of-site wireless broadband communications...

Products

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Dekolink Wireless unveiled its in-building solution for the WiMAX market, the Deko2425-M WiMAX MIMO-based repeater. Read more about this and other products here...

Product Showcase

Product showcase

Jul 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Avtec's DSPatch10-4 is a fully redundant, single-shelf system designed for mounting in an open frame rack. Read about this and other products here...

Final Word

Where's the leadership?

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

We're down to the wire on the 700 MHz debate. With auctions looming on the horizon, the time has come for decisions...