Vectron Energy turns to automatic meter reading  

Vectron Energy Delivery of Ohio will deploy an additional 60,000 automatic meter reading (AMR) modules manufactured by Itron by first quarter 2006, bringing to 115,000 the total number of gas meters in the utility’s footprint that can be remotely read. ...

Zetron intros paging terminal  

Zetronlaunched the Model 2700 Message Gateway, a paging terminal that uses a Microsoft Windows operating system and which can accommodate up to 1 million subscribers in a single chassis, the company said...

Midian intros FleetSync-compatible display decoders  

Midian Electronics introduced the DDU-600 and CAD-600 display decoders that are compatible with Kenwood’s FleetSync messaging protocol...

Aeroflex submits HSDPA test case for review 

Aeroflex announced it has submitted its high-speed downlink packet access (HSPDA) conformance test case for approval to the 3GPP RAN5 Working Group...

Klein unveils two-way radio  

Klein Electronics introduced the Blackbox Professional two-way radio targeted to the military and public-safety sectors...

Sprint launches EV-DO wireless data service 

Sprint today announced it will provide mobile Internet access in at least 60 U.S. metropolitan areas by early 2006 via CDMA EV-DO (evolution data optimized) networks....

Verizon Wireless launches 3G service in Seattle, San Antonio 

Verizon Wireless this week announced it is offering high-speed Internet access over its new CDMA EV-DO network in Seattle after launching similar services last week in San Antonio...

NENA launches nationwide TTY testing program 

The National Emergency Number Association, in conjunction with telecom testing company TelecomXchange International, has developed a system, known as TTY-PASS, to ensure that equipment used by 911 centers to communicate with deaf or hearing-impaired callers is accurately working...

Atmel, u-blox debut GPS signal tracking technology 

Atmel and u-blox AG recently introduced Supersense, a new GPS weak-signal-tracking technology, supporting Atmel’s ANTARIS GPS chipsets and GPS modules from u-blox...

Itron to automate meters at Piedmont Natural Gas 

Itron recently collaborated with Piedmont Natural Gas Co. to automate data collection from 945,000 natural gas meters for the Charlotte, N.C.-based utility...

House resolution seeks FCC reconsideration of BPL 

By: By Donny Jackson

ARRL, formerly known as the American Radio Relay League, this week expressed support for a proposed U.S. House of Representatives resolution that asks the FCC to “reconsider and review” its interference policies as they relate to broadband-over-powerline (BPL) deployments....

Hughes: Not just satellite anymore 

Hughes Network Systems (HNS) yesterday announced a “unified broadband” plan to include DSL offerings as well as traditional satellite services in its portfolio for enterprise customers seeking additional reliability and flexibility in their broadband packages....

Motorcycle helmet application deploys radio system-on-a-chip 

Cypress Semiconductor said its WirelessUSB radio system-on-a-chip was selected by Motion Research to provide wireless connectivity for its SportVue MC1...

More police departments deploy Motorola mobile video system 

Motorola announced that police departments in Toledo, Ohio; Southold, N.Y.; Kennersville and Cary, N.C.; and Bossier Parish, La., have deployed its Mobile Enforcer system...

Nortel completes HSDPA trial in Israel 

Nortel said it has successfully completed a trial of its high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) technology in Tel Aviv with cellular provider Partner Communications...