Peltor introduces discrete communications earpiece 

Peltor Communications has unveiled the EarCom, a two-way bone conduction communications earpiece that is designed for use with Motorola, Kenwood and Icom...

P2T capability comes to bicycle officers 

PVP Communications announced the introduction of the Cycle-One wireless kit for patrol bicycles. The kit includes a portable radio speaker/microphone—which...

N.J. Transit deploys Nextel P2T handsets 

New Jersey Transit, which provides bus and rail service linking New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia, has spent about $1.7 million to distribute 1000...

Walkie-talkies at center of basketball controversy 

Fordham University has suspended its basketball operations director after a team manager allegedly used a walkie-talkie to relay the opposition’s plays...

Kyocera introduces P2T handset 

Kyocera Wireless Corp. recently announced the introduction of the Kyocera 3250, which the company said is the first handset to include one-touch walkie-talkie...

Icom solution enables VoIP amateur radio 

Icom America recently announced the first EchoLink over D-Star contact between Ham radio operators in Bellevue, Wash., and several cities in Ohio. The...

Alltel to offer P2T service starting Thursday 

Little Rock, Ark., communications provider Alltel today said it would begin offering press-to-talk service across the company’s digital and analog networks...

Hacker takes over transmissions at Detroit burger restaurant 

Police in Troy, Mich., a suburb of Detroit, are looking for a person who successfully used the frequency normally used by a Burger King restaurant in...

Report: SDR to dominate European military land communications 

Software-defined radio is poised to dominate the European tactical military communications market, especially after 2010, according to a report published...

European telco to add P2T service 

Orange, a subsidiary of France Telecom, will add a press-to-talk walkie-talkie service, the Wall Street Journal reported today. A spokesman for Orange...

Motorola introduces two-way radio, cordless phone combo 

Motorola today unveiled the CLS1450c two-way radio that incorporates a digital 2.4 GHz cordless phone. Targeted to the business market, the CLS1450c’s...

Firefighters’ families sue NYC over radio failures 

The families of 12 New York City firefighters who perished in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center have sued the city, saying that the...

Cingular, US Unwired enter $27.6 million deal 

Cingular Wireless will acquire additional spectrum and operations in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana through a $27.6 million agreement it reached with US...

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue selects MSV's satellite voice, radio dispatch 

Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) announced at the APCO International 69th Annual Conference & Exposition in Indianapolis that the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue...