Philadelphia police choose NICE system for PSAP upgrade 

The Philadelphia Police Department, the fourth-largest U.S. metropolitan police force, will replace its legacy public-safety answering point infrastructure...

Sprint Nextel, cable operators in joint venture 

By: By Donny Jackson

Sprint Nextel and a consortium of cable companies announced a joint venture that will let them offer a quad play...

State of Kansas selects Alcatel WLAN solution 

Alcatel will deploy wireless LAN switches and access points throughout facilities in the state of Kansas...

xG Technology demonstrates xMAX 

By: By Donny Jackson

Technology transmits over 18 miles using very little power in limited test...

Radio IP boosts police data capabilities 

Radio IP Software announced that its wireless data connectivity solution is being used to IP-enable the analog Dataradio wireless network of the Coventry Police Department in Rhode Island...

SpectraLink names new CTO 

Wi-Fi solutions provider SpectraLink has appointed Masood Garahi to the position of chief technology officer...

Federal agency studies blocked signals 

By: By Lynnette Luna

Technological fixes sought for improving communications inside dense buildings...

Vancouver taxi company deploys next-gen dispatch solution 

Richmond, B.C.-based Digital Dispatch announced that Yellow Cab Company of Vancouver would deploy its next-generation dispatch solution that consists...

C-AT interoperability solution selected for federal program 

The Commercial Equipment Direct Assist Program has selected the Incident Commander's Radio Interface from Communications-Applied Technology for inclusion in its 2006 catalog...

Industry giants join forces 

By: By Merrill Douglas

Motorola and Microsoft to jointly develop public-safety data applications...

xG Technology says xMAX test a success 

Officials for xG Technology said that its xMAX modulation technique delivered a broadband data rate at extremely low power in a recent battery of tests...

Cisco enters interoperability arena 

By: By Donny Jackson

IPICS technology will integrate LMR systems, other devices...

Consortium changes 802.11n landscape again 

The Enhanced Wireless Consortium, a splinter group in the ongoing battle to establish a next-gen 802.11 standard, said it now includes 27 Wi-Fi industry leaders...

EarthLink, Google propose citywide Wi-Fi deployments 

Internet search engine company Google said it has made a proposal to provide free wireless Internet access via a wireless mesh network throughout the city of San Francisco...

Florida counties turn to CML for 911 solution 

CML Emergency Services announced the deployment of a tri-county 911 system for Gulf, Franklin and Calhoun counties on Florida's Gulf Coast...