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 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 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. ...

Midian adds tone remote controller 

Midians Electronics has introduced the TRC-1 tone remote controller, which lets dispatchers control a remote base station or repeater using the standard EIA tone format over a dedicated phone line, microwave path, or telemetry link....

Transcrypt names sales director 

Voice and data security vendor Transcrypt International this week announced the appointment of Phil Tegeler as the company’s director of sales...

Tait unveils dual-mode mobile radio 

Tait Radio Communications this week introduced the TM8255 dual-mode mobile radio to its TM8000 series...

M/A-COM gets OK to proceed with New York project 

By Donny Jackson

More than a year after winning a hotly contested bid to establish an emergency radio network throughout the state of New York, M/A-COM officials yesterday received word to proceed with the project...