Tait Radio lands wireless communications contract 

Tait Radio Communications was awarded a contract from Jackson County, Mich., for mobile voice and data communications equipment. ...

Tactical radio carrier launched 

Tac-Comm introduced the TRC-1 tactical radio carrier. The aluminum carrier adapts to fit most mobile radios into a stand-alone base station. ...

Next-gen Wi-Fi phones announced 

Wireless telephony developer SpectraLink Corp. launched the NetLink 8000 Series, its next-generation Wi-Fi handsets. ...

Alltel extends EVDO service into new regions  

Alltel Wireless announced that it is now providing EVDO-based Axcess Broadband in the South Carolina cities of Columbia and Florence, several cities in East Texas and west Texas, including Lubbock, and the New Mexico cities of Hobbs, Roswell, Artesia and Carlsbad...

Coast Guard deploys Motorola system  

The U.S. Coast Guard is using Motorola’s MOTOwi4 fixed solutions for border security. The Coast Guard deployed the company’s point-to-point Ethernet 400 Series Bridges over 23 miles of the south Florida coast line...

Houston turns to IP-MAX for wireless communications  

Houston, Texas, officials chose Ceragon Networks’ FibeAir IP-MAX Ethernet solutions for the city’s wireless communications needs. ...

Va. county adds wireless products to command vehicles  

Proxim Wireless announced that Arlington County, Va., has deployed its Tsunami MP.11 5054R and 2454R WiMAX products ...

DHS: Two-thirds of public-safety agencies use interoperable gear  

According to a survey by the Department of Homeland Security, almost two-thirds of emergency response agencies across the U.S. use interoperable communications equipment and share equipment with other agencies...

Klein launches Sentry for Vertex radios  

Klein Electronics introduced its Sentry two-wire surveillance earpiece specifically designed for Vertex Standard’s 820 and 920 public-safety series radios. ...

Sonim service now available on Symbol mobile tools  

Sonim Technologies’ push-to-talk service for Symbol Technologies’ MC70 enterprise digital assistant has been added to Symbol’s portfolio of mobile workforce tools....

Bank network purchases emergency satellite communication service  

SES Americom announced several bank branches in Louisiana purchased REDiSat Network services, which include a satellite-delivered emergency communications solution deployed ...

First responders tap into satellite network  

EchoStar Communications’ DISH Network subsidiary EchoStar Fixed Satellite Services has entered into a contract with Sprint Nextel to provide domestic, Ku-band fixed satellite services capacity. ...

U.S. Navy invests in onboard wireless platform  

Secure wireless networking provider Fortress Technologies has been awarded a contract by General Dynamics NASSCO, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, to implement secure wireless communications ...

Coast Guard to deploy wireless intercom system  

Griffin subsidiary Telephonics received a five-year contract for its TruLink Wireless Intercommunication System from the U.S. Coast Guard. ...

Commercial contract for TETRA PDAs announced  

Motorola announced it has signed a contract with Airwave O2 Limited to supply Motorola MTC100 PDAs that operate on TETRA networks. ...

Florida Highway Patrol chooses IP system  

IP-based dispatch and interoperability solution provider Catalyst Communications Technologies has installed its IPRadio, Network Access Radio and IPLink products ...

Dallas officials invest in interoperability  

McLean, Va.-based CoCo Communications landed a multiyear contract with the city of Dallas for the deployment of interoperable, public-safety software. ...

Iraq WiMAX network to be deployed  

Redline Communication announced it will deploy the first WiMAX network in Iraq....

Calif. high school district gets wireless connectivity  

The Encinitas, Calif.-based San Dieguito Union High School District chose Aruba Networks to build a wireless networking system for its K-12 campuses. ...

Transcrypt International to sell HYT radios  

EFJ’s subsidiary Transcrypt International has launched secure, voice-privacy solutions for HYT’s model TC-700 portable and TM-800 mobile two-way radios. ...

Grants let academics study wireless tools for the disabled  

Georgia Tech’s Center for Advanced Communications Policy and the Shepherd Center, a catastrophic care hospital in Atlanta, have been awarded a $4.75 million Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center grant for wireless technologies aimed at enhancing the lives of people with disabilities...

JPS and Etherstack partner on P25  

Raytheon Company’s JPS Communications partnered with Etherstack to market a Project 25, or P25, channel controller in North America. ...

New signal generator covers 9kHz to 3 GHz  

Agilent Technologies’ N9310A RF signal generator is now available. The generator covers ranges from 9 kHz to 3 GHz as well as multiple modulation types...

Symbol releases v3 of its wireless switch  

Symbol Technologies unveiled v3 of its WS5100 wireless switch based on its Wireless Next Generation architecture. ...

Software defined radio platform targets military communications  

Texas Instruments now offers its small form-factor, software defined radio development platform targeted at the portable military communications market. ...