Wireless system alerts crew of ‘man overboard’ 

Ember Corporation’s ZigBee networking technology is now featured in Raymarine's LifeTag personal wireless “man overboard” system...

Municipal Wi-Fi to cover 126,000 square miles by 2010 

An ABIReseach report said that by 2010, municipal Wi-Fi networks will cover 126,000 total square miles internationally...

European county deploys mobile data system for highway maintenance 

APD Communications used its e-Government mobile data system to help the Caerphilly County Borough Council maintain its highway network in Wales, U.K...

Tugboat company uses real-time wireless video to track fleet 

Homeland Integrated Security Systems completed the installation if its Cyber Tracker technology for Rentrop Tugs, a tugboat company that operates along the 400-mile coastline of Louisiana...

European bus company tests mobile Wi-Fi system 

Telabria launched a trial of its mSystem MobilAP-3G wireless access system in conjunction with National Express, a European bus company...

China’s ID Card program boosts RFID demand 

More than 100 million RFID tags were shipped to the Chinese government in 2005, according to market analysis firm In-Stat...

Motorola launches mobile VPN product for public safety, government 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

Motorola this week introduced a Windows-based mobile VPN solution developed specifically for public-safety and government users, dubbed Multi-Net Mobility, that provides the triple play of intelligent routing, session persistence and secure connectivity as users roam between multiple wireless data networks, including Wi-Fi and mesh networks....

Sirit launches plug-and-play RFID reader 

Sirit Inc., this week unveiled a line of radio frequency identification products that use integrated antennas and readers...

Padcom lands contract with Ohio public-safety network 

Mobile virtual private network software vendor Padcom announced this week that Ohio MARCS (multi-agency radio communications system) has selected the company’s TotalRoam software for a statewide deployment...

SDR platform designed for electronic warfare applications 

Spectrum Signal Processing introduced this week a software-defined radio platform designed for electronic warfare applications...

Photron Technologies enters implementation phase for USM 

Photron Technologies yesterday announced that its Ultra Spectral Modulation (USM) technology is entering the final implementation stage, where the company hopes its solution will prove to be the first communications technology to deliver 100bps/Hz...

Mississippi tabs GSS for alert system 

By: By Donny Jackson

Mississippi emergency responders soon will be able to send text messages via an alert network utilizing FM radio signals built by Global Security Systems (GSS), the vendor announced this week...

Intrado forges ties with 911 location vendors 

By: By Donny Jackson

Leading 911 equipment and services provider Intrado yesterday announced agreements with three leading location-determination vendors—Rosum, S5 Wireless and Skyhook Wireless...

M/A-COM wins exclusive negotiating rights for Pa. public-safety deployment 

M/A-COM announced today that the York County (Pa.) Board of Commissioners has authorized the county's Department of Emergency Services to negotiate exclusively with the vendor for the deployment of a Project 25 simulcast public-safety radio system...

Philips demos plastic RFID chip 

Philips Research, a unit of Netherlands-based Philips Royal Electronics, announced the development of a 13.56 MHz radio frequency identification chip based entirely on plastic electronics...