Tennessee utility chooses Motorola private wireless system 

Motorola has announced a $10.2 million contract with the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. (MTEMC) to deploy its Harmony wireless communications...

Diversinet unveils S/MIME-compliant e-mail solution for government, enterprises 

Diversinet announced that its Passport One authentication interface now supports Research in Motion’s S/MIME (secure, multipurpose Internet mail extensions)...

NENA: Only half of PSAPs will locate callers by 2005 

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) said yesterday that only half of all public-safety answering points (PSAPs) will have the ability to...

Kyocera introduces P2T handset 

Kyocera Wireless Corp. recently announced the introduction of the Kyocera 3250, which the company said is the first handset to include one-touch walkie-talkie...

Nextel lands Connecticut state procurement contract 

Nextel Communications recently announced a contract with the state of Connecticut that will allow government agencies, school districts, state-funded...

Texas city to upgrade first responder network with mesh architecture 

The city of Garland, Texas, in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex, will upgrade its first responder mobile data communications network by replacing the current...

Motorola posts solid Q4 and fiscal 2003 earnings 

Motorola this week reported net income for fourth quarter 2003 of $489 million—20 cents per share—nearly triple the $174 million—8 cents per share—the...

Alltel to offer P2T service starting Thursday 

Little Rock, Ark., communications provider Alltel today said it would begin offering press-to-talk service across the company’s digital and analog networks...

Intel unveils standards-based wireless LAN network connection 

Intel has introduced the PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection, which is a standards-based, Wi-Fi-certified wireless local area network solution that...

Stratex Networks introduces versatile wireless network transmission system 

Stratex Networks has introduced the Eclipse wireless network transmission system, which supports up to six independent radio traffic paths from a compact...

Study: RFID market clearly on upswing 

Annual revenue generated by the radio frequency identification market worldwide will climb to $3.1 billion to $3.8 billion by 2008, according to a report...

Nokia to provide TETRA network for China railway 

Nokia has been selected by Ningqi Railway in to provide a digital terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) network for a new rail line that will operate between...

Report: SDR to dominate European military land communications 

Software-defined radio is poised to dominate the European tactical military communications market, especially after 2010, according to a report published...

PFSA awards $2.4 million for wireless E911 deployments 

The Public Safety Foundation of America (PFSA) announced $2.4 million in grants to expedite the implementation of wireless enhanced 911 services nationwide....

Interoperability initiative folded into SAFECOM 

In an effort to consolidate disparate initiatives, the Public-Safety Wireless Network (PSWN) program has been moved under the SAFECOM umbrella and will...