Energy company moves from private radio to national network 

Akron, Ohio-based energy company FirstEnergy will use Sprint Nextel for voice services, specifically Direct Connect, as it moves from a private radio network to the Nextel National Network...

U.S. Army spends $36 million for multi-band radios 

Raytheon landed a $36 million contract to supply the U.S. Army with 746 multi-band, multi-mission radios. The radio is used as a satellite system for enhanced voice and data for beyond-line-of-site communications...

IP Wireless announces 700 MHz-based solutions  

IP Wireless unveiled its 700 MHz band public-safety solution. The UMTS TD-CDMA-based solution operates in all 700 MHz ...

TETRA IP-based switch hits market  

Motorola released Dimetra IP Compact, an IP-based switch for Terrestrial Trunked Radio private network customers. ...

Civil Air Patrol invests in P25 radios  

EFJ subsidiary EFJohnson received a $2.65 million order from the Civil Air Patrol, a nonprofit organization that performs search and rescues missions as assigned by the U.S. Air Force...

Companies partner to deliver municipal wireless network for N.C. city  

The WinstonNet Wireless Initiative committee selected Azulstar Networks, Cisco Systems and IBM to build and operate a municipal wireless network ...

Falcon III flies into market  

Harris Corp. unveiled the Falcon III, a multi-band tactical radio with 20 W of output power. It includes embedded encryption for voice and data...

Ohio State University gets wireless connectivity  

Aruba Networks installed its Mobile Edge solution at Ohio State University in what the company called the world’s largest wireless LAN deployment to date. ...

Nine Michigan counties integrate disparate systems  

Nine counties in the south-central region of Michigan are now deploying Codespear’s SmartMsg interoperability and broadcast-alert software solution. ...

Comtech receives multimillion-dollar order from Raytheon  

Comtech Telecommunications received a $4.5 million contract from Raytheon for the production of the integrated radio frequency assembly. ...

BAE Systems delivers communications payloads to U.S. Army  

BAE Systems announced the first communications payloads composed of Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radio Systems ...

Army special forces select portable radio  

The U.S. Army Special Operations Command selected SELEX Communications’ AN/PRC-343 Personal Role Radio for the 75th Army Ranger Regiment. ...

U.N. Foundation partners with industry to deliver global, emergency communications  

The U.N. Foundation and the Vodafone Group Foundation announced a five-year, public-private program formed to provide emergency-response communications systems to disaster areas within 48 hours. ...

Alcatel launches interoperability solution  

Alcatel introduced its My Teamwork Land Mobile Radio Conferencing and Collaboration solution. ...

ARRL urges FCC to approve refarming  

The American Radio Relay League sent a letter to FCC Chairman Kevin Martin on Oct. 3 to protest delays related to WT Docket No. 04-140, the amendment to Part 97 ...

RELM lands $5.1 million order  

RELM Wireless secured $5.1 million worth of orders from the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Interior and the U.S.D.A. ...

Dual-mode mobile phone hits market  

D-Link launched the V-CLICK, a line of dual-mode mobile phones that let users switch between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. The phones feature tri-band GSM and 802.11 Wi-Fi access....

Telargo leverages Motorola technology  

Mobile-asset solutions provider Telargo will leverage Motorola’s G24 wireless communication module as part of its mobile asset monitoring and tracking solution ...

Telephonics lands Army contract  

Griffin Corp. subsidiary Telephonics has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command for the company’s TruLink Wireless Intercommunication System...

HYT launches two new portable radios  

HYT North America unveiled two new portable radios. The TC3000S and the TC3600S offer multi-channels and zones, dual-tone multi-frequency...

RELM launches new models  

RELM Wireless introduced 100 W versions of its BK radio DMH digital and GMH analog mobile radios. ...

Daniels lands $8 million contract  

Daniels Electronics has been awarded an $8 million, four-year contract with the Canadian government for digital public-safety radios. ...

Companies partner on emergency communications network  

Wireless-mesh-technology-company Firetide announced its HotPort mesh network is being used as the wireless infrastructure of TracStar System’s ...

Lockheed completes interoperability demonstration  

Lockheed Martin recently completed a live-flight, interoperable-communications demonstration for the Airborne, Maritime and Fixed (AMF) Stations ...

Firefighters battle wildfires with help of COLT  

Verizon Wireless deployed a Cell on Light Truck (COLT) and 20 wireless phones to support firefighters and other emergency crews ...