First Word

Let's be fair

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

In May 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark headed an expedition that embarked from St. Charles, Mo., in search of a passage to the Pacific Ocean...

News

700 MHz saga nears conclusion

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, BY DONNY JACKSON

A public/private partnership to build a nationwide, wireless broadband network for public safety reportedly remains a key component of a draft of 700 MHz auction rules being considered by FCC commissioners ...

Law firm invests in in-building wireless

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM

San Jose, Calif.-based LGC Wireless announced that corporate law firm K&L Gates has deployed the company's InterReach Unison in-building wireless system...

Radio system is under attack

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By James Careless

Pennsylvania police chief complains about countywide problems...

Miss. picks Motorola for new network

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Doug Mohney

Statewide network is expected to be compatible with those in adjoining states...

Russia to get regional WiMAX networks

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Alcatel-Lucent and Synterra, a telecommunications service provider, formed a strategic partnership to deploy Russia's first universal WiMAX networks...

Multipath data technology receives commercialization grant

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

Attila Technologies announced it has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology that will help fund the commercialization of the startup company's adaptive-radio technology...

NextWave increases TD-CDMA capital

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

Company hopes to accelerate deployments of still-nascent broadband technology...

Paris law firm tracks files using RFID

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM

RFID infrastructure developer TAGSYS and IDENT announced the deployment of an RFID system...

Health-care provider invests in wireless broadband

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Richardson, Texas-based InnerWireless said it would deploy its Horizon wireless broadband infrastructure at the Foote Health System campus in Jackson, Mich....

Sprint Nextel: Tazewell County appeal a procedural matter

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

Sprint Nextel requested a hearing before an administrative law judge regarding the FCC's ruling in May requiring that the carrier pay to replace radios in Tazewell, Ill....

European retailer deploys RFID

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Radio-frequency identification network infrastructure provider Reva Systems announced that the METRO Group is deploying Reva's RFID-based Tag Acquisition Processor products in Europe...

Motorola to begin WiMAX trial

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Motorola and Vietnam Datacommunications signed an agreement to commence a WiMAX trial in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's two largest cities...

EFJohnson receives DoD order

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Irving, Texas-based EFJ announced that its subsidiary, EFJohnson, received an order from the Department of Defense valued at $3 million...

View from the Top

The purpose we serve

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By David P. Storey

When you meet someone outside work or out of uniform, one of the first things that person may ask is, "So what do you do?" Everyone has a personal life, yet we often are defined and partly define ourselves by our jobs, by the work we do. ...

First Response

Rebanding: the path forward

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Wanda McCarley

This past year saw the passing of the 18-month midway point in the FCC's 800 MHz rebanding schedule...

In the Works

Truly a no-brainer

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Jim Barthold

Boston suburb blazes a trail in 4.9 GHz--and hopes others come along...

In the Field

The other side of the story

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By James Careless

Video surveillance is a vital crime-fighting tool--but it comes with challenges...

Choose your weapon

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Marv Wessel

What to consider when selecting electromagnetic field-measuring equipment...

Tech Speak

Solving intermodulation interference

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

Common problems, real-world examples and solutions...

Giving rebanding a head start

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Rodrigo Oliveira

Long-term RF filtering strategies are integral to the reconfiguration of 800 MHz spectrum...

Public Safety

Plenty of blame to go around

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

But FCC is arguably root cause of 800 MHz rebanding mess...

Expanding horizons

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Rick Burke

Interoperability vision must move beyond voice to include data...

APCO 2007

Securing the airwaves

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

Mobile and portable two-radio line offers a la carte security features...

EFJohnson unveils multisite IP25

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

Trunked system distributes intelligence throughout network...

HYT introduces portable radios

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

Ruggedized radios promise to survive dust, water and drops...

Cover Story

Multiple choice

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

Systems integrators long have designed, developed and deployed complex, best-of-breed communications systems for the military. Now they're leveraging this experience to forge into the public-safety sector--in the nation's largest cities and, unexpectedly, in one of its smallest--at the expense of traditional vendors...

Products

Socket Mobile rolls out enterprise PDA

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

Handheld computer already in use at Pittsburgh hospital...

Two-way radio buyers face myriad choices, considerations

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

Today's buyers of two-way portable radios face an array of choices...

SkyMail delivers voice mail to inbox

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

Enterprises may have a new tool for communicating messages from headquarters to field-workers and vice versa with Pacific DataVision's SkyMail voice application...

Raytheon JPS launches in-car video system

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

Raytheon JPS announced a partnership with Votan Research to globally market the DVU-1000, a new digital in-car video system...

BelAir unveils three-radio node targeted for 4.9 GHz operation

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

Mobile broadband systems vendor BelAir Networks introduced the BelAir 100T...

Products

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM

Catalyst Communications Technologies released the 4.7X version of its Dynamic Interoperability product. Read more about this and other products here...

Final Word

FCC proposal offers much to ponder

Aug 1, 2007 12:00 AM, By Alan Tilles

I was asked for an opinion on a subject the other day, and I thought that I'd pose the question to the readership...