RELM wins $1.25 million contract from state agency 

RELM Wireless announced this week it has been awarded a $1.25 million order for BK Radio-brand APCO project 25-compliant digital portable and mobile radios from a state government agency...

Symbol unveils rugged, multi-mode enterprise-level handheld 

Symbol Technologies recently introduced the MC70 mobile computer, which the company billed as the first rugged “enterprise digital assistant” to combine cellular voice and data communications, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth...

Kenwood named official supplier to U.S, ski, snowboard teams 

Kenwood USA’s Communications Sector recently announced that the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association has designated the company as its official supplier of radio communications equipment for all events in which it participates...

SmartLink interoperability platform chosen by N.C. county 

SmartLink Radio Networks said this week that Brunswick County, N.C., has deployed its I-Network interoperability platform that the county is using to interconnect dozen of public-safety agencies in its footprint...

Colorado emergency call center selects NICE communications recorder 

Adams County Communications, based in Commerce City, Colo., will deploy a NICE Systems solution to record its emergency communications...

RELM announces $1.1 million federal order 

RELM Wireless announced that it has received a $1.1 million order from a federal agency for Project 25-compliant radios manufactured under the company’s BK Radio brand...

Ultra-compact two-way radio 

Cobra Electronics introduced the LI 6000-2 WX VP and LI 3900-2 DX VP two-way radios, each of which is small enough to fit into a pocket...

Apptis, SmartLink land public-safety contract 

Apptis and SmartLink Radio Networks recently announced a $3 million contract from Solano County, Calif., to design and deploy an interoperable radio system...

CML delivers Phase 2 system to Wisconsin PSAP 

CML Emergency Services said this week that it would deploy a system in Brown County, Wis., that would provide the county’s public-safety answering point with call-taking, ANI/ALI, mapping capabilities...

Wayne County opts for Codespear’s alert system 

By: By Donny Jackson

Michigan-based Codespear today announced that Wayne County, Mich., has selected its software to create emergency communications directly with the county’s residents, businesses and public-safety agencies...

Cingular launches P2T service 

Cingular announced that it has added push-to-talk service to its cellular offering...

NENA publishes i2 standard for VoIP E-911 

By: By Donny Jackson

The National Emergency Number Association (NENA) today announced the publication of its i2 standard, which is designed to let voice-over-IP (VoIP) providers route emergency calls through the legacy E-911 system...

M/A-COM makes VIDA ready for TETRA 

By: By Donny Jackson

Under the name of parent company Tyco Electronics, M/A-COM this week announced that its IP-based VIDA Network Platform can support the TETRA digital standard commonly used by public-safety entities in Europe, Asia and Latin America...

NTT DoCoMo CEO: 3G poised to take off in U.S. 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

NEW YORK--Recent consolidation among commercial wireless operators in the U.S. will set the stage for next-generation, or 3G, wireless networks to proliferate in the U.S., said Nobuharu Ono, president and CEO of NTT DoCoMo USA...

DOJ agency seeks ideas on public-safety interoperability 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

The National Institute of Justice, the research-and-development wing of the Department of Justice, this week issued a call for papers on emerging technology solutions for public-safety interoperable communications...