EarthLink, Google propose citywide Wi-Fi deployments 

Internet search engine company Google said it has made a proposal to provide free wireless Internet access via a wireless mesh network throughout the city of San Francisco...

Industry giants join forces 

By: By Merrill Douglas

Motorola and Microsoft to jointly develop public-safety data applications...

AT&T offers plan for nomadic VoIP 911 

AT&T has submitted a proposal known as Heartbeat to the FCC that the company said is designed to help ensure that even nomadic customers of its CallVantage voice-over-IP service have updated address information when making 911 calls...

Consortium changes 802.11n landscape again 

The Enhanced Wireless Consortium, a splinter group in the ongoing battle to establish a next-gen 802.11 standard, said it now includes 27 Wi-Fi industry leaders...

Enterprise road warriors get a better weapon 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

Research in Motion has taken the next step in its location-based services strategy...

Florida counties turn to CML for 911 solution 

CML Emergency Services announced the deployment of a tri-county 911 system for Gulf, Franklin and Calhoun counties on Florida's Gulf Coast...

Radio IP boosts police data capabilities 

Radio IP Software announced that its wireless data connectivity solution is being used to IP-enable the analog Dataradio wireless network of the Coventry Police Department in Rhode Island...

Vancouver taxi company deploys next-gen dispatch solution 

Richmond, B.C.-based Digital Dispatch announced that Yellow Cab Company of Vancouver would deploy its next-generation dispatch solution that consists...

xG Technology says xMAX test a success 

Officials for xG Technology said that its xMAX modulation technique delivered a broadband data rate at extremely low power in a recent battery of tests...

BUSES USE MESH NETWORK FOR BROADBAND 

By: BY DONNY JACKSON

City buses in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have been broadband-enabled wirelessly to improve security and entertainment for riders via Motorola's 2.4 GHz mobile...

EADS completes Nokia mobile radio buy 

By: BY DONNY JACKSON

EADS said it has completed its purchase of Nokia's professional mobile radio (PMR) division and that all PMR activities within EADS will be grouped in...

Item-level RFID stuck at concept stage 

By: BY MERRILL DOUGLAS

Item-level radio frequency identification could be the next frontier in supply-chain management. Several major retail chains including Marks & Spencer...

M/A-COM GETS OK TO PROCEED WITH NEW YORK PROJECT 

By: Donny Jackson

More than a year after winning a hotly contested bid to establish an emergency radio network throughout the state of New York, M/A-COM officials yesterday...

LENEXA, KAN., DEPLOYS CITYWIDE WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORK 

By: BY DONNY JACKSON

The city of Lenexa, Kan., has selected Alvarion and Electronic Technologies to deploy a citywide mobile and fixed wireless broadband network that will...

NLETS upgrades to IP infrastructure 

By: Glenn Bischoff

The National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, or NLETS, is upgrading to an IP infrastructure to be provided by Cisco Systems. Headquartered...