Shanghai establishes TETRA system 

Motorola has been awarded a contract by Shanghai Telecom to establish an 800 MHz, IP-based TETRA digital trunked government radio network for the city...

Texas town implements wireless mesh network 

Farmers Branch, Texas, selected Cisco Systems' outdoor wireless mesh product for citywide Wi-Fi access. The system, hosted and managed by Internet service...

4.9 GHz market begins to mature 

By: By Donny Jackson

The 4.9 GHz band is experiencing a rapid increase in available products since it was approved by the FCC for public-safety data applications, but the...

Companies partner to convert point-of-sale systems to wireless 

Columbitech and Card Access partnered to deliver a secure wireless bridge that lets retailers convert existing networked point-of-sale systems from wired...

Boeing and FedEx test active RFID tags 

Boeing and FedEx partnered for an in-service evaluation of RFID tags used to monitor airplane parts for FedEx's MD-10 freighters. Inentec Solutions will...

Merger alters mobile VPN landscape 

By: By Donny Jackson

Fierce mobile virtual private network competitors and longtime litigants NetMotion Wireless and Padcom last month announced a merger agreement that could...

Motorola introduces Wi-Fi card for 2.4, 4.9 GHz 

By: By Donny Jackson and Mary Rose Roberts

Motorola recently announced the launch of the WDE1000, which the vendor giant touts as the first 2.4 GHz and 4.9 GHz dual-band Wi-Fi card for citywide...

Digital Angel lands $3.2 million for pilot program 

By: By Donny Jackson

Digital Angel landed a $3.2 million contract from the South Carolina Army National Guard for a pilot program involving its OuterLink satellite communications...

Lessons from Hurricane Katrina 

By: By John Facella, M/A-COM Wireless Systems

Hurricane Katrina was a singular event last year, devastating the lives of tens of thousands of people. Because of its size, many are now calling it a...

Pa. state police tests statewide system 

By: By Mary Rose Roberts

The Pennsylvania State Police's Lancaster barracks started a pilot program to test a new, statewide public-safety radio system to give troopers, first...

What will they think of next? 

By: By Mary Rose Roberts

Radio frequency identification technology isn't just being used to keep track of products and secure U.S. borders. Here are just a few of the more creative...

Sprint Nextel boosts hurricane response 

In preparation for this year's hurricane season, Sprint Nextel is expanding the scope of its emergency response team, which helps public-safety agencies...

Health care ahead of wireless curve 

By: BY JIM BARTHOLD

Put 30 different corporations with 30 inter-related disciplines under a single roof. Add dozens of different communications systems, and you'd have today's...

Symbol launches multi-network RF switching platform 

By: Glenn Bischoff

Symbol Technologies announced the Wireless Next Generation, or Wi-NG, architecture that lets users centrally manage voice and data communications over...

U.S. Army implements SWLAN radio system 

General Dynamics C4 Systems' secure wireless local area network (SWLAN) AN/VRC-106 radios have been installed in the U.S. Army's Stryker Brigade Combat...