... IWCE News

IWCE: Daniels expands transportable repeater system

Feb 29, 2008 11:53 AM, By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--Daniels Electronics announced the addition of a portable, collapsible antenna mast, solar panel and battery for use with its transportable repeater system, which was introduced two years ago....

IWCE: M/A-COM debuts software-update solution

Feb 29, 2008 11:49 AM, By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Tyco Electronics’ M/A-COM this week at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) introduced the SUMSplus automation server, which is designed to simplify third-party software maintenance in many of the company’s LMR networks...

IWCE: Rugged encryption key management device

Feb 29, 2008 11:43 AM, By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--Tait Radio Communications introduced during IWCE 2008 in Las Vegas this week its Key Fill Device that is designed to let a tactical squad or SWAT team quickly and efficiently load an encryption key onto radios in the field...

IWCE: Space Data keeps its feet on the ground to provide iDEN offering

Feb 28, 2008 1:34 PM, By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Arizona-based Space Data will use its nationwide 900 MHz spectrum to extend iDEN services in the United States, particularly in rural areas, the company announced this week at the International Wireless Communication Expo (IWCE) at the Las Vegas Convention Center...

IWCE: JPS, Clarity partner on radio-cellular interoperability

Feb 28, 2008 11:31 AM, By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--Raytheon JPS Communications is demonstrating at IWCE 2008 this week, in collaboration with Clarity Communications Systems, a solution that leverages the company’s ACU-2000 IP gateway device to deliver interoperable communications between land mobile radios and cellular handsets...

IWCE: HYT America introduces new radios

Feb 28, 2008 11:27 AM, By Donny Jackson and Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--HYT America this week is unveiling a number of new analog portable radios and its first repeater at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center...

IWCE: P25 multi-band radio connects agencies across frequencies

Feb 28, 2008 11:23 AM, By Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate demonstrated a Project 25 (P25) multi-band radio capable of supporting multiple public-safety frequency bands yesterday at the 2008 International Wireless Communications Expo...

IWCE: Motorola introduces new mobile DVR system

Feb 27, 2008 11:26 AM, By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Public-safety communications giant Motorola this week is announcing DigitalPatroller DP-2, a new in-vehicle digital video recorder (DVR) at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) at the Las Vegas Convention Center...

IWCE: Datron unveils ruggedized transceiver

Feb 27, 2008 10:57 AM, By Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--Datron World Communications launched at IWCE 2008 the HH7700 ruggedized VHF handheld transceiver...

IWCE: Tektronix launches ‘signal hunter’ for surveillance, security sectors

Feb 27, 2008 9:47 AM

LAS VEGAS--Tektronix unveiled at IWCE 2008 its new RFHawk, a digital handheld device that hunts, locates and classifies both analog and digital rogue radio frequency transmissions. It is targeted to the surveillance and security sector, where speed is paramount, said Bob Hiebert, Tektronix’ general manager for wireless test solutions in an interview this week with MRT...

IWCE: EFJohnson announces new mobile radios

Feb 27, 2008 9:44 AM, By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Public-safety communications vendor EFJohnson is introducing ES series of Project 25-compliant mobile radios that features better audio and a smooth migration path to P25 for many public-safety users, according to the company...

IWCE: Kenwood launches NEXEDGE suite

Feb 26, 2008 10:39 AM, By Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--Kenwood USA unveiled the NEXEDGE product line of multimode conventional and trunked mobiles, portables and repeaters. Joe Watts, the company’s product manager, said the suite was developed in part to address the FCC’s narrowbanding requirements...

IWCE: Genesis announces Motorola deal, future plans, UK test

Feb 25, 2008 1:16 PM, By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Texas-based network-management provider Genesis Group has announced an agreement with Motorola to fully license the control-channel protocol for the industry giant’s proprietary SmartNet and SmartZone 3600 trunking systems...

IWCE: Motorola introduces new two-way radios

Feb 25, 2008 1:11 PM, By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Motorola this week is debuting a low-band mobile radio and an analog portable radio that operates in the UHF and VHF bands at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) at the Las Vegas Convention Center...

... IWCE Commentary

Embracing change

Feb 29, 2008 1:20 PM, By Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--Sometimes life forces us to change, even when we’re not ready. Often, it’s gradual. At other times, it comes at us so fast we have to hold on for dear life. And it may happen to us directly or indirectly through heartbreaking events that change the way we see the world...

Early rebanding work reveals pitfall in process

Feb 28, 2008 5:39 PM, By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--During the past three years, the primary focus of public-safety organizations impacted by 800 MHz rebanding has been negotiating deals with Sprint Nextel and getting the blessing of the Transition Administrator and the FCC...

Feds need to relax D Block rules

Feb 27, 2008 12:13 PM, By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--There are few things more gut wrenching -- and heart-breaking -- than coming so close to your dreams that you can almost touch them, only to have them snatched away. I thought of this as I listened to Harlin McEwen, chairman of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST), and Morgan O'Brien, chairman of Cyren Call Communications, co-deliver the keynote address this morning at IWCE 2008...

Frequency agility is no longer just a theory

Feb 26, 2008 5:51 PM, By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--As the show floor for this year’s International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) prepares to open, it’s hard not to marvel at the changes in the public-safety industry since attending my first IWCE show four years ago...

... IWCE Briefs

Hydrogen fuel cell

Feb 29, 2008 11:18 AM, - MRT

Space-saving interface for dispatch workstations

Feb 29, 2008 11:15 AM, - MRT

Pyramid Communications unveils two new vehicular repeaters

Feb 29, 2008 11:13 AM, - MRT

Dekolink announces mid-power signal booster

Feb 29, 2008 11:11 AM, - MRT

Bird Technologies launches spectrum analyzer

Feb 29, 2008 11:09 AM, - MRT

Affordable spectrum analyzers

Feb 28, 2008 3:12 PM, - MRT

Dekolink launches distributed antenna system for first responders

Feb 28, 2008 3:09 PM, - MRT

Catalyst announces IP console

Feb 28, 2008 12:34 PM, - MRT

Raveon Technologies offers GPS tracking transponder

Feb 28, 2008 12:30 PM, - MRT

Codan introduces Manpack transceiver

Feb 28, 2008 12:28 PM, - MRT

PEPRO launches remote antenna control

Feb 28, 2008 12:25 PM, - MRT

Interoperability radio suite

Feb 27, 2008 11:21 AM, - MRT

Power system enclosure, power sentry and power timer

Feb 27, 2008 11:19 AM, - MRT

Bidirectional amplifiers

Feb 27, 2008 11:16 AM, - MRT

Switch-mode power supplies

Feb 27, 2008 11:11 AM, - MRT

Pentaband, omnidirectional antennas

Feb 27, 2008 11:08 AM, - MRT

Digital signal booster

Feb 26, 2008 10:53 AM, - MRT

Mobile wireless amplifier kit

Feb 26, 2008 10:51 AM, - MRT

Eight-channel LTR panel

Feb 26, 2008 10:48 AM, - MRT

Noise-reduction headset

Feb 26, 2008 10:46 AM, - MRT