IWCE: North Carolina police department deploys Motorola in-vehicle video solution 

By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--Motorola announced during IWCE 2005 that it has landed a contract with the Wilmington (N.C.) Police Department to deploy its Mobile Video Enforcer system, and said it would introduce a new capability that would enable officers in the field to wirelessly transmit video footage captured by the system...

IWCE: Technology session reviews pros, cons of wireless alternatives 

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Utilizing the strengths of various wireless technologies and masking their weaknesses is critical to successfully implementing an effective integrated network, according to speakers during a Tuesday technology session at IWCE in Las Vegas...

BlackBerry handheld combines P2T, GPS and Bluetooth  

Canada’s Telus Mobility today unveiled the BlackBerry 7250, which offers push-to-talk voice services over the carrier’s iDEN network, Global Positioning System capabilities, full HTML Web browsing and fast data access via the carrier’s 1xPCS network and Bluetooth support for headsets and car kits...

FCC approves wireless items in Powell’s final meeting 

By Donny Jackson

In FCC Chairman Michael Powell’s final open meeting, the commission approved several items affecting wireless communications, including one that a dissenting commissioner claimed could impact some 911 funding mechanisms for PSAPs....

SandCherry, Datria intro voice-enabled productivity solution 

SandCherry and Datria Systems have jointly developed a solution dubbed Ticket Master that enables utility and enterprise personnel equipped with two-way radios to talk to Datria’s self-service applications using SandCherry’s Voice4 Radio platform...

ZigBee-based utility meters introduced 

Korea-based NURI Telecom said it plans to introduce to the U.S. market an automatic meter reading system based on the ZigBee wireless LAN standard...

UWB standards groups merge 

The WiMedia Alliance and the MultiBand OFDM Alliance Special Interest Group announced that the two groups have merged and will operate under the WiMedia Alliance banner...

Teletouch wins contract with Dallas emergency healthcare provider 

Teletouch Communications said it has received a three-year contract worth $150,000 to deploy a two-way radio communications system and provide field support services to CareFlite, which provides helicopter and ground-based mobile emergency healthcare services...

EFJ units land government deals 

EFJ, Inc. said its EFJohnson subsidiary has received a $1.3 million contract from the Illinois Emergency Services Management Association to provide its Project 25-compliant Netelligent communications system...

Analog Devices shrinks integrated radio 

Analog Devices has announced that its new Othello-G direct-conversion radio chip will let the radio in GSM/GPRS phones shrink to 1.5 square centimeters...

VKB introduces wireless virtual keyboard 

By Donny Jackson

California-based VKB this week unveiled its Bluetooth Virtual Keyboard at the DEMO@15 exhibit in Scottsdale, Ariz...

GoRemote unveils versatile solution 

GoRemote Internet Connections this week announced it is the first to offer a single solution for mobile users that allows them to have secure remote connectivity using almost any kind of wireless access, including free Wi-Fi hotspots, in-flight Wi-Fi, cellular and 3G alternatives...

Tennessee utility to deploy Radio Satellite AVL system 

Radio Satellite Integrators (RSI) said it has won a contract from Consolidated Utility District (CUD) to deploy its automatic vehicle location system...

Motorola adds ‘smart energy system’ to HT radios 

Motorola recently announced it would extend its impres (Intelligent Motorola Portable Radio Energy System) Smart Energy System to its HT Professional series radios...

MDC, XGate certified for Dataradio 

Mentor Engineering today announced its Mobile Data Computer (MDC) and XGate middleware products recently were certified for the Dataradio private wireless data network...