PacketHop solution deployed in Homeland Security exercise 

By: By Donny Jackson

Mobile mesh software provider PacketHop this week announced that its Aware application suite was used at the Long Beach, Calif., airport during a Homeland Security exercise that simulated a terrorist planting a weapon of mass destruction within one of buildings at the airport...

Intrado completes successful automatic-location test for VoIP 911 

By: By Donny Jackson

Leading 911 systems provider Intrado recently completed a test in Seattle demonstrating the ability to integrate three different technologies to automatically determine the location of even nomadic voice-over-IP callers seeking emergency services...

Motorola says its mesh technology will meet 802.11s standard 

By: By Donny Jackson

Motorola yesterday announced that its MeshConnex networking technology will support the 802.11s meshing standard being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers...

Nortel, Qualcomm claim fastest HSDPA data call 

By: By Donny Jackson

Wireless vendor giants Nortel and Qualcomm have completed the first HSDPA mobile data calls achieving speeds of 7.2 MB/s—data rates that are as much as four times faster than most current fixed broadband connections, according to a Nortel announcement released today...

Euclid Discoveries announces video-compression breakthrough 

By: By Donny Jackson

Massachusetts-based Euclid Discoveries this week announced that its new EuclidVision compression technology would enable quality video transmissions over data networks with very little bandwidth...

TenXc Wireless makes array technology available 

By: By Donny Jackson

Wireless equipment vendor TenXc Wireless this week announced the availability of its PCS Bi-Sector Array technology, which lets many cellular operators significantly enhance capacity from existing infrastructure, a company official said...

Rio Rancho chooses to make Wi-Fi system free 

By: By Donny Jackson

Residents of Rio Rancho, N.M., will be able to access the citywide Wi-Fi network for free after the city council this week voted to change the terms of its agreement with service provider Azulstar...

Broadband communications helps Midwestern police department access data  

WaveRider Communications announced that the Indianola, Iowa, Police Department has deployed the company's MMT9000 mobile data terminals to establish mobile broadband communications for police personnel using a WaveRider LMS4000 900 MHz network...

Illinois’ second largest city welcomes municipal Wi-Fi network 

SkyPilot Networks and MetroFi have been retained to build a metro-scale Wi-Fi network for Aurora, Ill....

RFID tag promises seamless integration of inventory control 

Ross Systems, a subsidiary of CDC Software, released RFID2Go, an electronic product code (EPC)-compliant solution that validates downloaded order and line-item requirements...

Multi-modal media player in beta stage 

Socket Communications and Zoran are developing reference designs for the Zplayer Ultra, an enabled portable media player...

Not-for-profit uses passive RFID solution to track inventory 

Science Applications International finished the installation of a second-generation, passive radio frequency identification (pRFID) solution for the National Center for Employment of the Disabled...

Real-time locating system sector to mushroom  

U.K.-based research firm IDTechEx predicted that the market for real-time locating systems (RTLS) would grow to $2.7 billion over the next decade...

Alaska agency to field test RFID, GPS technologies 

The State of Alaska Department of Commerce has partnered with radio frequency identification (RFID) solutions vendor Franwell on a pilot study that will field test RFID and GPS tracking technology...

Meru, Catalyst combine on IP voice and data for enterprises 

Meru Networks and Catalyst telecom this week announced an agreement through which Catalyst will distribute Meru's wireless VoIP and data portfolio...