Zetron adds features to Series 4000 controllerZetron has added an interface to its Project 25-compatible Series 4000 communications control system that lets users connect to Nextel’s nationwide Direct Connect push-to-talk network... SandCherry to add utility-focused applicationSandCherry Vice President Dale Hartzell said during this week’s APCO conference in Denver that the company plans to add an application designed for public utilities to its Voice 4 radio messaging system that will let senders know when a page is received... Vertex Standard debuts UHF/VHF portablesVertex standard introduced the VX-920 Series of UHF (400 MHz to 470 MHz and 450 MHz to 512 MHz) and VHF (134 MHz to 174 MHz) portable radios... Copps says FCC needs to help public safety moreBy: By Donny Jackson DENVER--Federal regulators should do more to aid public-safety communications, FCC Commissioner Michael Copps said last night in a keynote speech during the gala event that closed this year’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) annual conference... Raytheon JPS offers special pricing on ACU-TDENVER--Raytheon JPS announced during APCO that it would temporarily reduce prices for its ACU-T Tactical Intelligent Interconnect System... Project MESA slows as vendors hold outBy: By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Project MESA was launched five years ago as a collaborative effort between the United States and Europe to identify and create common specifications for the next generation of public-safety wireless systems, yet progress has been sluggish ... ClosedNetworks CEO warns of 4.9 GHz band issuesBy: By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Ed Vea, chief executive officer of ClosedNetworks, tempered the hype surrounding the prospects of the 4.9 GHz band, highlighting the fact that several cost and network considerations come into play that won’t make planning high-speed mobility networks easy... M/A-COM intros quad-mode radioDENVER--M/A-COM introduced the P7200 quad-mode radio, which supports the company’s OpenSky and EDACS IP-based platforms as well as APCO’s Project 25 digital standard—both conventional and trunking—and analog... Eventide, Genesis Group partner on digital trunked logging solutionsDENVER--Eventide and Genesis Group announced a partnership agreement to integrate Genesis’ trunked radio applications with Eventide’s Linux-based digital voice recorders... NIST gives first responders an inside look at radio wave behaviorBy: By Lynnette Luna DENVER--Engineers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology have spent the last two years radio mapping large buildings and placing transmitters in old buildings before their implosion to study how waves behave inside buildings—both intact and demolished... Kenwood adds to P25 radio portfolioDenver--Kenwood introduced during the Association of Public-Safety Association Officials conference here the TK-5710, a mobile radion designed for public-safety used that provides both conventional operations and Project 25 capability... Maryland county to unveil emergency command centerAnne Arundel County, Md.--located midway between Baltimore and Washington and home to Annapolis and the U.S. Naval Academy--will showcase its recently purchased mobile emergency command center a mock emergency to be held August 23... Federal agency chooses RELM P25 radiosRELM Wireless Corp. said that the Bureau of Land Management has recommended the company’s DPHX digital radio for fire use... Virginia fire chief honored for communications workCharlottesville (Va.) Fire Department Deputy Chief Charles Werner recently was recognized by Virginia Governor Mark Warner for his efforts to develop interoperable communications between public-safety agencies in the state... Midland Radio lands state contract for mobilesMidland Radio Corp. said the State of West Virginia has given the company a contract to provide 400 low-band Titan mobile radios... |
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