TELUS Mobility introduces PTT to its PCS network 

TELUS Mobility last week announced its Instant Talk service, Canada’s first push-to-talk (PTT) offering available on a national PCS network...

Speedcom announces 2005 radio line 

Speedcom has announced that its two-way radio line is ready to ship, including its flagship DT-100, which features its unique dual-talk technology and is designed specifically for professional motor sports...

Aztech Systems’ new walkie-talkies available 

Aztech Systems has announced the availability of the latest PMR5000 Walkie-Talkie series for the professional users that include a voice-activated feature and 38 sub-channel “privacy codes,” or Continuous Tone Coded Squelch System...

Midland Radio consolidates LMR products under one brand 

Whitney Blake intros rugged headset and handset cords 

Whitney Blake said it has added a line of handset and headset assembly cords designed for rugged environments...

BearCom supplies radios to City of Columbus 

BearCom recently said it sold 339 EFJohnson Model 5100 portable radios to the City of Columbus, Ohio, that will operate on the state’s Multiple Agency Radio Communications System...

Cobra increases two-way radio range to 12 miles 

Cobra Electronics recently introduced its 2005 microTALK GMRS/FRS two-way radio product line...

Report: Minnesota county plans new radio dispatch center 

The Ramsey County (Minn.) Board plans to build a new radio dispatch center at a cost of about $2.5 million, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported...

Kenwood donates radios to Mexican Red Cross 

Kenwood Communications said today it has donated 100 VHF repeaters, 50 mobile radios and 100 portable radios to the Red Cross of Mexico....

Motorola to send 20,000 TETRA radios to The Netherlands 

Motorola said this week it has won contracts to provide more than 20,000 TETRA radios that will be used on a countrywide encrypted public-safety network...

Visteon adds Motorola radio interface to in-vehicle system 

Visteon Corp. recently announced it had added Motorola's two-way land mobile radio technology to its TACNET in-vehicle command and control system. The...

Amateur radio operators shine in crises 

By Glenn Bischoff

It's common -- almost startlingly so -- to hear about total strangers banding together in times of crisis....

Motorola launches P2T over cellular service in former Soviet republic 

Motorola has deployed a push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) system for MagtiCom, the largest GSM operator in Georgia, a former Soviet republic nestled between...

Nokia intros TETRA portable radio 

Nokia introduced the THR880i TETRA portable radio, which features a GPS receiver that enables command and control to locate and track radio users, the...

NYC schools to get 1200 Nextel P2T phones 

Nextel Communications announced it will donate 1200 push-to-talk wireless phones provided to the 2004 Republican National Convention for use by the New...