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...

Transcrypt names sales director 

Voice and data security vendor Transcrypt International announced the appointment of Phil Tegeler as the company's director of sales...

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...

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...

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...

Industry giants join forces 

By Merrill Douglas

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

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...

Enterprise road warriors get a better weapon 

By Glenn Bischoff

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

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...

NLETS upgrades to IP infrastructure 

Glenn Bischoff

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

A SOFTER APPROACH 

By Donny Jackson

In a public-safety environment, where personnel use handsets from different vendors operating on different frequencies, establishing communications paths...

RADIO IP, DELL LAND BROWARD COUNTY CONTRACT 

BY DONNY JACKSON

Radio IP Software announced that it and Dell have been selected jointly by the sheriff's office in Broward County, Fla., to provide a wireless data solution...

BUSES USE MESH NETWORK FOR BROADBAND 

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...

Report: 802.11n standard could be delayed 

BY DONNY JACKSON

Industry hopes for the ratification of an 802.11n standard this year may be damaged by an apparent effort by large chipmakers to offer a third proposal...

LENEXA, KAN., DEPLOYS CITYWIDE WIRELESS BROADBAND NETWORK 

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...