EB unveils satellite connectivity module 

By Donny Jackson

Embedded technology solutions developer EB this week introduced its satellite-terrestrial connectivity module proof of concept that could be used to make LMR radios used by public-safety personnel able to access next-generation satellites when the terrestrial network infrastructure is unavailable....

Reporter’s Notebook November 20, 2008 

By Mary Rose Roberts

L-3 Communications announced that its ACCOLADE wireless-mesh mine communications system has received final approval from the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration...

Sprint supports California disaster drill 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Sprint last week participated in the Los Angeles-based Golden Guardian effort, a state-sponsored emergency-preparedness exercise....

APCO seeks comments on alarm-to-PSAP data standard 

By Donny Jackson

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) this week announced it is seeking comments on a candidate American National Standard that is designed to enable efficient data exchange between alarm-monitoring companies and public-safety answering points (PSAPs)....

Reporter's notebook - November 13, 2008 

By Glenn Bischoff

Raytheon unveiled a spread-spectrum radio that provides coverage without infrastructure such as base stations or repeaters...

MSV promises satellite changes 

By Lynnette Luna

The mobile satellite services, or MSS, industry has entered a resurrection period as new regulations and satellite capabilities enable companies to offer ubiquitous voice and high-speed data services to government, enterprises and consumers—without the clunky handsets of the past....

Meru Networks OS partitions client devices 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Meru Networks this week unveiled its virtual-cell architecture, which gives every client device accessing the wireless LAN its own unique identifier that stays with it wherever it moves within the network...

San Francisco believes in gunshot-location technology 

By Glenn Bischoff

One of the problems faced by the law-enforcement community is that when a firearm is discharged, many times the incident is never reported....

Reporter's Notebook 

By Mary Rose Roberts

The state of New York began its internal systems-integration testing of the first phase of the statewide wireless network (SWN) being built by Tyco Electronics M/A-COM...

3n announces new university customers for alert service 

By Donny Jackson

Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Alberta have selected the 3n InstaCom Campus Alert system to help deliver multimode alert notifications throughout the campus during critical incidents...

Kapsch deploys wireless roadside system in New York 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Kapsch TrafficCom recently installed a roadside sensor systems that uses 5.9 GHz Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) throughout Manhattan and along the Long Island Expressway...

EF Johnson installs system to support video surveillance 

By Mary Rose Roberts

The city of Norfolk, Va., chose EF Johnson Technologies as the system integrator for a citywide video surveillance system, the company announced....

Tiburon mobile data platform offers hands-free use 

By Lynnette Luna

Tiburon released a new version of its mobile data system, MobileCOM that allows first responders to receive dispatch, state and national database queries, and location mapping data, from their vehicles hands free....

ArrowSpan unveils 900 MHz wireless access point 

By Mary Rose Roberts

ArrowSpan, a provider of mesh network switching solutions, launched the MeshAP 3800-A wireless access point....

DARPA prepares for test of affordable cognitive radio 

By Donny Jackson

Initial testing of a radio design that is expected to result in affordable cognitive handsets will begin later this year, with a version of the design costing less than $500 to manufacture expected in 2010...