XACT introduces sleek two-way communicator 

XACT Communications yesterday introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a two-way FRS/GMRS handset that offers a four-mile range for voice...

Motorola to add four Talkabout two-way radios 

Motorola announced yesterday during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that it would collaborate with strategic partner Giant International on...

Verizon Wireless to invest $1 billion to expand 1xEV-DO network 

Verizon Wireless yesterday announced it would spend $1 billion over the next two years to expand its BroadbandAccess 1xEV-DO (evolution-data optimized)...

CTIA concerned about cognitive radio impact 

The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association has urged the Federal Communications Commission to ensure that any rules it issues to govern the...

Public-safety communications interoperability conference set 

The Utah Communications Agency Network will host on Jan. 22, 2004 a conference that will address methods to efficiently utilize public-safety spectrum...

Two-way radio contract for Olympics announced 

Public-safety agencies helping to secure the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, will use a two-way radio communications system provided by Motorola,...

Independence, Mo., lands federal grant for interoperable radio system 

Independence, Mo., will receive $5.4 million in federal monies to install an interoperable voice and data communications system that will allow the city’s...

E911 Institute to honor public-safety pros 

The E911 Institute, a non-profit organization that provides administrative support to the Congressional E911 Caucus, announced yesterday that it would...

Trident, Aeroflex reach preliminary agreement on PassPort deployment 

Trident Micro Systems and Aeroflex have entered into a non-binding memorandum of understanding as the companies continue negotiations concerning the incorporation...

Orbcomm lands contract with truck fleet 

Orbcomm has entered into an agreement with Fleet Management Solutions to provide wireless data access that Fleet will use to track and manage its fixed...

Firefighters’ families sue NYC over radio failures 

The families of 12 New York City firefighters who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center have sued the city, saying that the...

Interpol honors Motorola for law enforcement support 

The international law-enforcement agency Interpol has awarded Motorola’s Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector (CGISS) its inaugural...

Digital Dispatch Systems announces three customer wins 

Digital Dispatch Systems has announced three agreements via which it will provision its GDT 890 mobile data terminal, TaxiTrack dispatch software and...

FCC opens rulemaking on smart radios 

The Federal Communications Commission today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that seeks comment on how to best utilize so-called “smart” radios,...

Rockwell Collins selected for Weapons Data Link Architecture 

The U.S. Air Force awarded Rockwell Collins a contract on Oct. 10 to lead a Weapon Data Link Architecture (WDLA) program. The contract's $23.4 million...