Intermec RFID reader meets Cisco standard 

Intermec Technologies Corp. said this week that its IF5 radio frequency identification reader has become the first RFID device to be designated as interoperable with Cisco Systems’ RFID solution. ...

Secured Digital unveils vehicle security and tracking application  

Secured Digital Applications this week announced an integrated vehicle tracking and security application that lets fleet owners monitor vehicle use in real time. ...

Symbol RFID reader wins Gen 2 certification 

Symbol Technologies announced this week that EPCglobal has given Symbol’s XR400 radio frequency identification reader Generation 2 certification. ...

Report: 802.11n standard could be delayed 

By: By Donny Jackson

Industry hopes for the ratification of an 802.11n standard this year may be damaged by an apparent effort by large chipmakers to offer a third proposal for the standard, according to an ABI Research report released this week....

Breaking free of the past 

By: By Joseph Bobier, xG Technologies

New technology upsets old conventions about RF signal power and information recovery...

WiMAX to be deployed at Katrina relief site 

Intel yesterday shipped WiMAX equipment to San Antonio’s decommissioned Kelly Air Force base, where evacuees from the Hurricane Katrina-affected region are being housed, according to numerous media reports....

Kyocera, DataRemote introduce new M2M products 

CDMA vendor Kyocera Wireless and DataRemote this week announced three products that combine the Kyocera 200 Module with DataRemote’s proprietary software and hardware to enable machine-to-machine communications between even legacy equipment, according to a joint press release....

EADS completes Nokia mobile radio buy 

EADS yesterday announced that it has completed its purchase of Nokia’s Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) division....

Zebra Technologies expands ‘smart’ label capabilities 

Zebra Technologies has added converting equipment for producing so-called smart labels...

Lenexa, Kan., deploys citywide wireless broadband network  

The City of Lenexa, Kan., has selected and Electronic Technologies to deploy a citywide mobile and fixed wireless broadband network that will connect government buildings, municipal vehicles, traffic signals, and video cameras throughout the municipality...

Daniels, Twisted Pair announce UIC availability 

By: By Donny Jackson

Daniels Electronics has announced the commercial availability of its Universal Interface Card (UIC), which can be integrated with Twisted Pair Solutions’ WAVE application suite to enable digital integration between all forms of LMR radios, as well as PC computers, PDAs, telephones and mobile phones...

Radio IP, Dell land Broward County contract 

By: By Donny Jackson

Radio IP Software last week announced that it and Dell have been selected jointly by the sheriff’s office in Broward County, Fla., to provide a wireless data solution for 1200 mobile law-enforcement workers in the county...

SandCherry to add utility-focused application 

SandCherry Vice President Dale Hartzell said during this week’s APCO conference in Denver that the company plans to add an application designed for public utilities to its Voice 4 radio messaging system that will let senders know when a page is received...

Vertex Standard debuts UHF/VHF portables 

Vertex standard introduced the VX-920 Series of UHF (400 MHz to 470 MHz and 450 MHz to 512 MHz) and VHF (134 MHz to 174 MHz) portable radios...

Copps says FCC needs to help public safety more 

By: By Donny Jackson

DENVER--Federal regulators should do more to aid public-safety communications, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said last night in a keynote speech during the gala event that closed this year’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) annual conference...