First Word

On poetic justice

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

Jerome Holtzman is the official historian for Major League Baseball. He landed the job by first carving out a career as a Hall of Fame baseball writer, expertly covering the sport for more than four decades for both the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times...

News

FCC makes bold 700 MHz move

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

Public/private partnership to give first responders broadband service nationwide...

FCC designates makeup of public-safety licensee

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

Although FCC officials publicly announced most aspects of the 700 MHz order in a variety of forums before the document was released, one notable surprise...

NPSPAC licensees begin rebanding

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

Band plan for those along Canadian border in the works...

Wireless to the rescue

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

Systems performed well after Minn. bridge collapse; could sensors have prevented tragedy?...

Air Force chooses WLAN-based security solutions

Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM

The U.S. Air Force has selected Aruba Networks' wireless LANs and security solutions for its Combat Information Transport Systems program...

Mine communication system tested in Pennsylvania

Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Vital Alert of Ontario, Canada, announced that its Through-the-Earth Communication digital communication technology sent very low frequency, or VLF, two-way voice signals to depths of more than 300 feet in the government-owned Lake Lynn Mine in Pennsylvania...

EFJohnson announces multisite P25 system

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

EFJohnson introduced multisite capability to its Trunked IP25 Infrastructure System...

LAPD procures mobile fingerprint scanner

Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Cogent Systems of South Pasadena, Calif., announced that the Los Angeles Police Department has used a Department of Homeland Security grant to procure 500 of the company's BlueCheck mobile identification devices...

MSV announces Sprint Nextel deal, mutual-aid talkgroup

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

Mobile Satellite Ventures announced a resale agreement with Sprint Nextel, which will market MSV's mission-critical satellite communications service as a complement to the commercial wireless carrier's offerings for emergency-response teams...

Rosum passes E911 compliance tests

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

Location-technology vendor Rosum announced that independent test results indicate that the company's hybrid positioning technology, which combines television and global positioning system (GPS) signals, complies with the FCC's Phase II E911 specifications for handset-based solution even in indoor settings...

Tait Electronics founder dies

Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Renowned radio pioneer and Tait Electronics founder Sir Angus Tait, 88, died in early August, the company announced...

Mobile data industry to exceed $100 billion

Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM

According to a new report from ABI Research, mobile-data applications and services used by business customers will generate more than $100 billion in...

View From the Top

Narrowbanding is in the air

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

Remember the political proverb, "Say anything about me, but make sure you spell my name correctly"? The point is that any publicity is good, even if it's bad...

First Response

It's a bright day for public safety

Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Charles Werner

In late July, the Federal Communications Commission announced its decision regarding the creation of a nationwide wireless broadband network for public safety to be included as part of the 700 MHz auction...

In the Works

With technology, more is better

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

Vendor's goal is for users to leverage best characteristics of all available networks...

In the Field

No one said it would be easy

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

Early adpoters find that IP is a double-edged sword...

Tech Speak

Every toolbox needs one of these

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

The RF sampler is an important test accessory for any field technician...

Public Safety

First responders expand data reach

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

PDAs, smart phones offer portable acces to advanced applications...

Cover Story

Nightmare on Main Street

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

Massive chemical-plant accidents and intentional sabotage against critical infrastructure are constant threats to the American way of life, with the potential to kill thousands. But government only recently has forced industry to adopt wireless security technologies to help prevent such horrors...

Products

ISSI: more than expected

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

Demos showcase interface's ability to link a wide assortment of devices...

BlackBerry introduces Wi-Fi handheld

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

Research in Motion recently launched its newest handheld product with the introduction of the BlackBerry 8820...

P25 Phase II base station

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

Mission-critical wireless solution vendor M/A-COM unveiled its 700 MHz Master V base station...

P25-compliant radio prototype debuts

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

At the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials annual conference, RELM Wireless demonstrated a Project 25-compliant portable radio that the company is billing as the industry's smallest, lightest Class A spec radio...

Products

Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM

Electro-Magwave of Valley View, Ohio, introduced the EM-M11002 low-profile broadband roof-mounted antenna. Read about this and other products here...

Final Word

Happily, the unthinkable has occurred

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

The FCC took a bold, brave step with its creation of the 700 MHz public/private partnership. This decision represents the most radical departure in the allocation of wireless spectrum since the FCC received auction authority...