University police choose MobileCop software 

The Indiana University Police Department in Bloomington, Ind., awarded a contract to BIO-key for its MobileCop products, which will be deployed in all...

Traffic-monitoring system test planned in Michigan 

The Road Commission for Oakland County, Mich., the Michigan Department of Transportation and Motorola will test wireless communications between vehicles...

University tests multi-modal solution 

By: By Mary Rose Roberts

A slew of academic institutions is testing a multi-modal communications solution as part of a $50 million federal funding effort by the National Science...

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,...

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...

*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)...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

*spotlight: Mobile radios and accessories 

HYT Mobile radios in the TM-800 series operate in the 136 to 174 MHz (VHF), 400 to 470 MHz and 450 to 512 MHz (UHF) frequency ranges and offer RF power...

Vehicle location data drives new apps 

By: By Merrill Douglas

Since the early 1990s, a growing number of trucking companies, public-safety agencies, courier firms and others have used automatic vehicle location,...

IEEE halts work on 802.20 standard 

By: By Lynnette Luna

In a fight that demonstrates just how high the stakes are for the mobile wireless broadband market, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,...

Virginia county adopts MobileCop 

BIO-key announced that it has been awarded through its partner, Radio Communications in Glen Allen, Va. a contract by Brunswick County, Va., to provide...