APCO: Cox Communications turns to NetMotion for mobile VPN 

By Donny Jackson

BALTIMORE--NetMotion this week announced that Cox Communications has deployed NetMotion’s mobile virtual private network (VPN) solution to let 3500 of its field-service technicians wirelessly access the cable operator’s network applications...

APCO: Radio IP announces customers in Ohio, Georgia 

By Donny Jackson

BALTIMORE--Radio IP Software this week announced that the Ohio Multi-Agency Radio Communications System (MARCS) and Forsyth County, Ga., have significantly increased the effective data performance of their wireless public-safety communications networks by implementing the Radio IP MTG solution...

CoCo Communications secures Navy contract 

By Donny Jackson

Seattle-based CoCo Communications has entered into a contract with the U.S. Navy to provide a “zero-infrastructure” communications solution to problems encountered by boarding teams on vessels while conducting inspections for potential illegal cargo and activity...

Socket Mobile makes enterprise PDA available 

By Donny Jackson

Wireless technology vendor Socket Mobile this week announced the general availability of the SoMo 650, an expandable handheld computer targeted toward the enterprise market that represents the company’s entrance into the mobile device market...

Frontline: iPhone shows independent network needed 

By Donny Jackson

Limitations associated with the much-hyped rollout of the iPhone underscore the need for an independent 4G wireless network in the United States—the kind of network proposed by Frontline Wireless using 700 MHz spectrum, a company official said yesterday...

Raytheon JPS introduces new in-car video system 

By Donny Jackson

Raytheon JPS yesterday introduced its partnership with Votan Research to globally market the DVU-1000, a new digital in-car video system with a solid-state architecture that is designed to provide greater picture quality and reliability than video systems typically used by law enforcement today...

BelAir introduces three-radio node targeted for 4.9 GHz operation 

By Donny Jackson

Mobile broadband systems vendor BelAir Networks this week introduced the BelAir 100T, a three-radio mesh-networking node designed primarily to support public-safety applications operating on 4.9 GHz spectrum...

Multipath data technology receives commercialization grant 

By Donny Jackson

Attila Technologies today announced that it has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the New Jersey Commission on Science and Technology that will help to fund the commercialization of the startup company’s adaptive-radio technology...

BelAir Networks to provide SLAs for municipal networks 

By Donny Jackson

Wireless broadband network vendor BelAir Networks this week announced what company officials claim is the industry’s first service-level agreement (SLA) program to guarantee coverage and performance in municipal wireless networks...

Motorola launches new tool for retailers 

By Glenn Bischoff

Motorola this week launched the MC17, a device aimed at the retail segment, primarily grocery stores...

FCC seeks greater wireless E-911 location accuracy 

By Donny Jackson

FCC commissioners today approved a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that tentatively concludes wireless and voice-over-IP (VoIP) location accuracy and reliability standards should be based on performance within each public safety answering point (PSAP) service area, not averaged on a statewide or multistate basis...

Motorola validates wireless parking solution 

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NetMotion upgrades mobile VPN software 

By Glenn Bischoff

NetMotion Wireless announced version 7.2 of its Mobility XE mobile VPN software package, which now supports the Windows Vista operating system and gives network administrators more control...

Shotspotter announces Birmingham deal; Boston pact on the horizon 

By Donny Jackson

Shotspotter recently announced that the city of Birmingham, Ala., will use the company’s patented gunshot-location technology in a 6-square-mile area of the city...

MobileSphere enters emergency text-messaging space 

By Donny Jackson

Boston-based communications provider MobileSphere today announced the expansion of its text-messaging portfolio with the Emergency Broadcast Text Messaging Solution designed to let universities, enterprises and governments share information quickly within their communities...