Federal Signal unveils public-safety suite 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Federal Signal’s Safety and Security Systems Group announced a suite of interoperability systems that support public emergency-warning systems as well as first-responder mobile data applications...

Cistera Networks deploys LMR recording application 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Cistera Networks announced that is has successfully completed the first deployment of its ConvergenceServer, which features the company’s LMRRecord application engine designed for the Cisco IP Interoperability and Collaboration System (IPICS) 2.0....

M/A-COM says New York state system ready for testing 

Donny Jackson

Public-safety communications vendor Tyco Electronics M/A-COM has certified that the New York Statewide Wireless Network (SWN) is ready for operational testing in the initial project area, meaning testing that will decide the fate of the $2 billion contract will be conducted this month, according to the state....

Motorola touts geolocation for TV 'white spaces' 

By Donny Jackson

Use of geolocation technology could help ensure that devices operating in TV “white spaces” spectrum do not interfere with broadcast signals, thereby potentially unlocking significant swaths of spectrum for wireless communications, according to Motorola...

Motorola announces plan to split company 

By Donny Jackson

Mobile wireless giant Motorola today announced plans to divide the company into two units, splitting the struggling handset division from the rest of the firm...

Verizon, AT&T emerge as big winners of 700 MHz auction 

By Donny Jackson

U.S. wireless giants Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility bought the most spectrum and spent the most money on airwaves in the recently completed 700 MHz auction, the FCC reported yesterday as part of the first disclosures regarding the bidding process...

700 MHz auction concludes with just one D Block bid 

By Donny Jackson

Bidding in the FCC’s 700 MHz auction concluded today after 260 rounds, with high bids for 1091 licenses totaling $19.592 billion but only one below-reserve price bid for the D Block tied to a shared-network proposal for a nationwide wireless broadband network for public safety...

Upstart announces plans for spectrum marketplace 

By Donny Jackson

After a year in stealth mode, Spectrum Bridge today announced the launch of its company, which plans to build an online, real-time spectrum commodities market to let spectrum holders monetize underutilized airwaves and allow entities to lease licensed spectrum for operations...

Icom America to split LMR business 

By Glenn Bischoff

Icom America will split its land mobile radio business into separate units that will focus on the business and industrial, or B&I, and government sectors, respectively, said Chris Lougee, Icom vice president, during an interview last week at IWCE 2008 in Las Vegas...

IWCE: Rugged encryption key management device 

By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--Tait Radio Communications introduced during IWCE 2008 in Las Vegas this week its Key Fill Device that is designed to let a tactical squad or SWAT team quickly and efficiently load an encryption key onto radios in the field...

IWCE: JPS, Clarity partner on radio-cellular interoperability 

By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--Raytheon JPS Communications is demonstrating at IWCE 2008 this week, in collaboration with Clarity Communications Systems, a solution that leverages the company’s ACU-2000 IP gateway device to deliver interoperable communications between land mobile radios and cellular handsets...

IWCE: HYT America introduces new radios 

By Donny Jackson and Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--HYT America this week is unveiling a number of new analog portable radios and its first repeater at the International Wireless Communications Expo (IWCE) this week at the Las Vegas Convention Center...

IWCE: P25 multi-band radio connects agencies across frequencies 

By Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate demonstrated a Project 25 (P25) multi-band radio capable of supporting multiple public-safety frequency bands yesterday at the 2008 International Wireless Communications Expo...

IWCE: Datron unveils ruggedized transceiver 

By Mary Rose Roberts

LAS VEGAS--Datron World Communications launched at IWCE 2008 the HH7700 ruggedized VHF handheld transceiver...

IWCE: EFJohnson announces new mobile radios 

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Public-safety communications vendor EFJohnson is introducing ES series of Project 25-compliant mobile radios that features better audio and a smooth migration path to P25 for many public-safety users, according to the company...