IBM and Cisco launch emergency crisis response serviceBy: By Mary Rose Roberts IBM and Cisco recently collaborated on an emergency response service that mixes consultancy services with rugged voice- and data-communications systems designed to restore enterprise and government network systems during crises... Motorola introduces rugged notebook, mobile workstationBy: By Donny Jackson Motorola today announced rugged notebook and mobile workstation computers that are designed to serve government, public-safety and enterprise users that need to access information wirelessly in a secure manner... Frontline Wireless offers an alternative 700 MHz proposalBy: By Donny Jackson Frontline Wireless, a two-month-old startup boasting a trio of high-profile industry leaders, this week unveiled its proposal for a 700 MHz nationwide, broadband public-safety network that would utilize spectrum currently allocated for both commercial and public-safety use... Clearwire buys 2.5 GHz spectrum from AT&TBy: By Donny Jackson Wireless broadband provider Clearwire has agreed to pay AT&T $300 million cash for 2.5 GHz spectrum previously owned by BellSouth, AT&T announced this week... Atheros announces Bluetooth chip for PC marketBy: By Donny Jackson Atheros Communications yesterday announced the Atheros AR3011, a Bluetooth 2.1+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) solution for laptop and desktop PCs, according to the company... TCS sells two enterprise unitsBy: By Donny Jackson Maryland-based TeleCommunications Systems (TCS) yesterday announced it has sold two of its three enterprise units and plans to sell the other during the next two months... Mayor: Images, video part of New York City’s 911 futureBy: By Donny Jackson In an emergency, callers to the 911 system in New York City in the future will be able to include digital images and video to support their verbal descriptions of an incident, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said this week in his “State of the City” address.... Raytheon begins interoperability pilot in the Quad CitiesBy: By Donny Jackson Raytheon yesterday launched a six-month pilot program in the Quad Cities region of Illinois and Iowa that is designed to enhance interoperability and provide remote broadband access to first responders in the area... SK Telecom announces plans to use Staccato UWB in phonesBy: By Donny Jackson Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom has announced plans to use Staccato Communications ultrawideband (UWB) platform to deliver the first UWB personal-area-network (PAN) services via mobile phone in late 2007... Cohda Wireless demonstrates advantages in Australia trialBy: By Donny Jackson Cohda Wireless this week announced that trial deployments of its technology in Adelaide, Australia, demonstrate significant advantages in using its advanced receiver solution in wide-area 802.11 networks. The solution enables latency-sensitive applications like video and voice over IP (VoIP) in challenging environments.... Airwave lands French airports dealBy: By Mary Rose Roberts France-based wireless network provider Hub telecom—part of the Aéroports de Paris group—recently licensed AirWave Wireless’s Wireless Management Suite to remotely monitor and maintain more than 1600 access points at seven French Airports, including the Paris-Orly Airport.... Motorola wins campus contracts at Chinese universitiesBy: By Donny Jackson The China Education and Research Network (CERNET) has chosen Motorola’s HotZone Duo solution to provide public Wi-Fi access on three university campuses as part of a pilot program, the vendor giant announced this week... Atheros’ new solution reduces 802.11g costsBy: By Donny Jackson Atheros Communications today launched the AR5007EG chip, an integrated 802.11g PCI Express (PCIe) solution designed to provide cost-effective wireless LAN, or WLAN connectivity for desktop and lower-cost notebook PCs projected to hit the market during the next two years.... LGC Wireless pays $15 million for Alvarion unitBy: By Donny Jackson In-building wireless solutions vendor LGC Wireless yesterday announced that it has closed a deal to pay $15 million for Alvarion’s cellular mobile unit (CMU) that will let LGC offer in-building systems that utilize readily available IP backhaul.... Speaker: Disaster communications ‘not ready’ a year after KatrinaBy: By Donny Jackson There are many lessons to be learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but the public-safety communications problems cited in numerous reports likely will be repeated because critical issues are not being addressed, a first responder at the scene said during a panel at the IWCE/MRT Summit.... |
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