Chips boost network performance 

By: BY DOUG MOHNEY

Relatively inexpensive signal processing technology is becoming more prevalent in the cellular world as operators try to boost the performance of existing...

Detroit uses MotoMesh system for Super Bowl 

Detroit police monitored activity at Ford Field during last month's Super Bowl via an event-management solution featuring a Motorola MotoMesh 4.9 GHz...

IBM claims chipset boosts transmission speeds tenfold 

IBM recently announced the development of a small, low-cost Wi-Fi chipset based on its silicon germanium technology the that company said would allow...

A fabulous way to go fabless 

By: BY DONNY JACKSON

For a manager wanting complete visibility into his supply chain, item-level radio frequency identification offers great promise. But a significant hurdle...

IPC to buy CAD vendor 

IPC Information Systems, which provides mission-critical communications systems to the public-safety, government, utility and transportation sectors,...

M/A-COM wins $8.9 million Las Vegas police contract 

M/A-COM announced that the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department has awarded the company an $8.9 million contract to deploy an IP-based 700/800 MHz...

Michigan tabs Codespear for alerting, interoperability 

By: BY DONNY JACKSON

Michigan State Police's emergency management division has chosen Codespear's software as the platform for its statewide emergency-alert communications...

Philips demos plastic RFID chip 

By: BY DONNY JACKSON

Philips Research, a unit of Netherlands-based Philips Royal Electronics, announced the development of a 13.56 MHz radio frequency identification chip...

SDR Forum taps vendor for reference waveform 

The Software Defined Radio Forum has selected Chelmsford, Mass.-based Mercury Computer Systems to develop a reference waveform for the military's Software...

Colorado emergency call center selects NICE communications recorder 

By: BY JAMES CARELESS

Adams County Communications (Adcom 911), based in Commerce City, Colo., will deploy a NICE Systems solution to record its emergency communications. The...

Bridging the gulf between IT and RF 

By: BY MERRILL DOUGLAS

As software becomes more important in controlling mobile radio systems and as more organizations move voice and data systems onto a common IP platform...

IEEE supports next-gen Wi-Fi proposal 

By: BY JAMES CARELESS

As expected, an IEEE task force unanimously voted in favor of the 802.11n draft standard offered by a joint-proposal team led by the Enhanced Wireless...

CHIP magnet 

By: BY DONNY JACKSON

It's the ultimate goal of every manufacturer and the dream of every wireless user: a communications device flexible enough to work on any network. With...

Milwaukee chooses Midwest Fiber for Wi-Fi deal 

By: BY JAMES CARELESS

Milwaukee Common Council members voted 14-1 to approve a $20 million deal with Midwest Fiber Networks to build and maintain a citywide, high-speed wireless...

HP ships notebook with Verizon Wireless EV-DO access 

By: BY JAMES CARELESS

HP announced it is shipping a mobile broadband notebook that includes integrated access via Wi-Fi or Verizon Wireless's EV-DO network without the purchase...