NEARS seeks national directory funding 

First responders inpressed by interoperable prototype...

NENA announces TTY 911 test system 

By Marisol Mastrangelo

New assessment process will help PSAPs comply with Americans with Disabilities Act...

California city chooses Motorola's mesh solution 

By Donny Jackson

The city of Ripon, Calif., announced that it has chosen Motorola's mesh-networking product to provide broadband data access to Ripon employees...

More police deploy Motorola mobile video system 

Motorola announced that police departments in Toledo, Ohio; Southold, N.Y.; Kennersville and Cary, N.C.; and Bossier Parish, La., have deployed its Mobile Enforcer system...

Mobile data now a two-horse race 

By Lynnette Luna

GSM operators soon will have HSPDA to combat EV-DO...

Spotlight: In-vehicle systems and mounts 

The 12-inch Gooseneck Halogen Map Light is available in top- or side-mount options and features a 5 Watt halogen lamp ...

Dual-mode phones key to coverage 

By Donny Jackson

Some facilities discover that more wires can be the key to greater wireless access...

EFJohnson debuts VoIP P25 trunking system--finally 

By Glenn Bischoff

EFJohnson announced the IP25 Trunked Infrastructure System, an encrypted end-to-end digital Project 25-compliant system that uses voice-over-IP technology...

House resolution seeks FCC reconsideration of BPL 

By Donny Jackson

ARRL has expressed support for a proposed U.S. House of Representatives resolution that asks the FCC to reconsider and review its interference policies as they relate to broadband-over-powerline deployments...

Ups & Downs 

By Glenn Bischoff

Equipment vendors and Southern California public-safety agencies recently staged an elaborate test of 4.9 GHz technologies to determine whether airborne systems could operate without causing problems for ground-based systems. What they found is that the answer largely depends on the equipment used...

ARRL enthused about Motorola BPL system 

By Donny Jackson

The Amateur Radio Relay League expressed optimism that a broadband-over-power-line, or BPL, system announced last month by Motorola will not generate interference harmful to amateur-radio operations...

Kansas police deploy wireless mobile data solution 

The Leawood, Kan., police department has deployed in its patrol cars a wireless mobile data solution developed by CDW Government that lets officers complete...

Roads less traveled  

The land mobile radio industry is healthy, vibrant and ready to enter a data-centric world driven by IP technologies. So say senior executives at major vendors to the public-safety and government sectors...

Travel time becomes productivity time 

By Doug Mohney

Broadcast data service lets workers do more, wherever and whenever...

Simulcast saturates Missouri county 

By Jim Barthold

Size and terrain made coverage spotty for first responder radios...