Ariz. medical center buys software to manage RFID data 

The Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center will deploy USBiogistics' Concourse enterprise-support software to integrate data captured through RFID tags into medical...

Cheyenne upgrades communication capabilities 

Alvarion's BreezeACCESS products have been deployed in Cheyenne, Wyo., to support multiple public-safety and public-works departments. The combination...

Emergency response agency deploys wireless data system 

The St. Louis Area Regional Response System selected IBM for an emergency patient-tracking system that lets first responders use mobile data terminals...

Calif. county to deploy CAD and mobile data solution 

The Santa Barbara, Calif., Sheriff's Department awarded a $1.8 million contract and five-year software maintenance agreement to TriTech Software Systems...

N.Y. county upgrades to 800 MHz IP platform 

Dataradio will replace New York's Onondaga County's existing mobile data network with its G3 800 MHz IP platform, which provides throughputs of 48 kb/s,...

Oil port deploys emergency response units 

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port is deploying SOLA Communications' Emergency Response Units (ERU) for emergency back-up communications and continuity of...

*spotlight: Asset tracking and monitoring 

By: By Mary Rose Roberts

IBM pitches RFID for pharmaceuticals In 2004, IBM announced it would commit $250 million for the development of radio frequency identification (RFID)...

Oklahoma City upgrades communications system 

Oklahoma City is replacing its existing Dictaphone Freedom System with a solution from NICE Systems. The solution will capture communications from 16...

Data interoperability project nears completion 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

A project begun in January to develop standards that would let a variety of public-safety agencies share data across multiple vendor platforms is scheduled...

Survey finds public-safety organizations trust the 4.9 GHz band 

PacketHop recently surveyed more than 700 public-safety organizations that filed for 4.9 GHz broadband Wi-Fi spectrum licenses and found that 82% of respondents...

U.S. agency licenses through-the-earth communications technology 

The Los Alamos National Laboratory Underground Radio technology is being commercialized by Vital Alert Technologies through two exclusive licensing agreements....

Financial enterprise upgrades wireless network 

ERF Enterprise Network Services recently completed an encrypted, wireless financial network for Iberville Bank of Louisiana that connects 12 locations...

Same threats, different technology 

By: By Doug Mohney

Potential threats to radio frequency identification, or RFID, systems resemble the problems currently being encountered by IT network administrators,...

U.S. military awards radio contract 

Digital Angel landed a contract with the U.S. Air Force to develop a new survival radio system for military aircraft. The contract calls for the company...

Public safety rethinks PANs 

By: By Lynnette Luna

Personal area network, or PAN, technology has experienced tremendous growth in the commercial market thanks to the demand for Bluetooth headsets. But...