Sprint Nextel, cable operators announce joint venture 

By: By Donny Jackson

Sprint Nextel and a consortium of cable companies yesterday announced a joint venture that will let them offer a “quad play” of integrated voice, video, data and wireless communications during the first half of next year...

Coast Guard uses F4W network in Wilma’s aftermath 

By: By Donny Jackson

Tactical wireless broadband solutions developer F4W yesterday announced it has deployed a disaster-response network in Miami in support of the U.S. Coast Guard’s relief effort in the wake of Hurricane Wilma...

CML lands Montana 911 deal 

By: By Donny Jackson

Emergency communications systems provider CML Emergency Services today announced an agreement to provide equipment to public-safety answering points (PSAPs) throughout the state of Montana...

C-AT interoperability solution selected for federal program 

By: By Donny Jackson

The Commercial Equipment Direct Assist Program (CEDAP) has selected the Incident Commander’s Radio Interface (ICRI) from Communications-Applied Technology (C-AT) for inclusion in its 2006 catalog of approved products for smaller entities to request via application, C-AT announced today...

Vancouver taxi company deploys next-gen dispatch solution 

Richmond, B.C.-based Digital Dispatch announced that Yellow Cab Company of Vancouver will deploy its next-generation dispatch solution that consists of the company’s iPilot 8000 mobile computers and the PathFinder dispatch application...

Avtec, Trident partner on digital trunked radio interface 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

Dispatch system vendor Avtec Inc. and Trident Micro Systems will announce a jointly developed digital interface that connects Trident’s NTS solution and Avtec’s DSPatch and DSPatchNET console communications systems during next week’s Enterprise Wireless show in Nashville, Tenn....

Aeroflex launches multi-band translator 

Test and measurement firm Aeroflex this week announced the launch of the TX501 RF Multi-band Translator, which is designed to be a cost-effective, 3G frequency translator...

Florida counties turn to CML for 911 solution 

By: By Donny Jackson

CML Emergency Services this week announced the deployment of a tri-county 911 system for Gulf, Franklin and Calhoun counties on Florida’s Gulf Coast...

New P2T platform introduced 

Clarity Communications Systems announced this week that its inTouch push-to-talk platform is ready for evaluation by wireless carriers and application service providers...

CEO: Hybrids could provide crucial backup for first responders 

Mobile Satellite Ventures Vice Chairman and CEO Alexander Good suggested that a cellular phone that could seamlessly migrate to a satellite network could provide a crucial backup network to first responders during major disasters that disable or wipe out commercial wireless systems or public-safety communications systems...

Mobile satellite vendor wins federal contract 

Mobile satellite and radio communications vendor Thrane & Thrane announced it has been awarded a five-year General Services Administration contract...

RELM receives $8.9 million in federal and state orders 

RELM Wireless said it received orders in September from four federal agencies as well as the California Department of Forestry totaling about $8.9 million...

Carrier adds P2T handset  

Sprint Nextel subsidiary Boost Mobile said it has added the Motorola i835 to its portfolio of handsets marketed to the youth market...

Positron deploys interim 911 center in hurricane-stricken Louisiana 

Positron Public Safety Systems recently worked with the Orleans Parish (La.) Communications District (OPCD) to deploy an interim 911 center in the parish to replace one that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina....

C-AT intros expanded incident command radio interface 

Communications-Applied Technology launched an expanded version of its Incident Commanders’ Radio Interface. The ICRI/EOC is designed for use in fixed or mobile emergency operations centers, and lets users connect radios from 10 different agencies to achieve interoperable communications. ...