Miami-Dade police upgrades biometric system  

Motorola recently completed upgrades to the Miami-Dade (Fla.) Police Department’s automated fingerprint identification system and to the company’s Printrak biometric identification system. ...

Report: WLAN security market to grow  

High-tech market research firm In-Stat reported wireless LAN security mechanisms for data integrity often are not currently used. ...

U.S. Postal Service invests in tracking devices  

I.D. Systems has received additional orders from the U.S. Postal Service to deploy the company’s Wireless Asset Net, a solution utilizing wireless tracking devices installed on powered, industrial vehicles. ...

Food supplier incorporates mobile computers, RFID  

AmeriQual Group, a producer, packager and distributor of long-shelf-life food products, has deployed Symbol Technologies’ mobile computer, RFID ...

New Mexico wireless provider connects 12 cities  

Proxim Wireless’ Tsunami MP.11 broadband wireless access products and GX.32 point-to-point wireless Ethernet bridges have been deployed in 12 New Mexico cities ...

Montana police department deploys mobile data solution  

The Whitefish, Mont., police department has deployed BIO-Key International’s MobileCop, a law-enforcement mobile-data-software application. ...

Intel’s UWB silicon, reference designs are available  

Intel Corp. announced the availability of the wireless UWB Link 1480 media access controller silicon and reference designs for ultra-wideband host solutions. ...

Telargo leverages Motorola technology  

Mobile-asset solutions provider Telargo will leverage Motorola’s G24 wireless communication module as part of its mobile asset monitoring and tracking solution ...

Las Vegas cab company purchases mobile computers  

Las Vegas-based Ace Cab purchased Digital Dispatch Systems’ vector and automated-vehicle-location mobile computers ...

Acquisition leads to new product offerings  

SUNY gets wireless network  

Citizens Communications announced it will build a wireless data network at SUNY Orange College in Middletown, N.Y., for campus-wide Internet access...

Symbol launches new RFID reader  

Symbol Technologies launched the RD5000, a mobile Gen 2 RFID reader that can be mounted on a forklift in conjunction with the company’s ...

Lockheed completes interoperability demonstration  

Lockheed Martin recently completed a live-flight, interoperable-communications demonstration for the Airborne, Maritime and Fixed (AMF) Stations ...

Cardinals Stadium goes wireless  

Cellular Specialties installed of a technology-neutral distributed antenna system (DAS) at Cardinals Stadium, the home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals ...

Firefighters battle wildfires with help of COLT  

Verizon Wireless deployed a Cell on Light Truck (COLT) and 20 wireless phones to support firefighters and other emergency crews ...

Belden releases wireless ‘blanket’ solution  

Belden released a solution that uses a channel-blanket topology to let each radio channel be used at every access point, thereby creating blankets ...

Ontario university deploys wireless network security system 

The University of Western Ontario has deployed Network Chemistry’s RF Protect, a wireless intrusion detection and protection system ...

Ankle monitor tracks S.C. criminal offenders  

RemoteMDx’s subsidiary SecureAlert landed a five-year contract worth approximately $21 million from the State of South Carolina for ...

California county upgrades 9-1-1 systems  

The Monterey County, Calif., Emergency Communications Department has selected NICE Systems’ products to capture emergency radio ...

School districts deploy WLAN for Internet access  

Meru Networks’ Wireless LAN System has been deployed by several school districts across the U.S. For example, Rush-Henrietta ...

San Diego Police Foundation gets $1 million donation  

QUALCOMM gave the San Diego Police Foundation $1 million to buy handheld communication devices and geographic-based ...

New York transit authorities award multimillion communications contract  

Orbital Science was awarded a $9.7 million contract by the Westchester County Department of Transportation in cooperation with ...

Intermec mobile computer integrates handheld technologies into one device  

Intermec Technologies launched the CN3 mobile computer that integrates several handheld technologies into one device...

Wireless handheld scans and manages automotive inventory  

Reynolds and Reynolds has unveiled the Parts Barcoding Inventory Management solution for automotive dealerships’ inventory ...

Electricity company chooses mobile computers for wireless program  

Psion Teklogix will provide a customized, rugged mobile-computing solution for Hydro One Networks, an electricity transmission and ...