Buses use mesh network for broadband 

By: By Donny Jackson

City buses in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, have been broadband-enabled wirelessly to improve security and entertainment for riders via Motorola’s 2.4 GHz mobile mesh-networking solution that has been deployed citywide as part of a revitalization project....

PacketHop lands $10 million funding round 

Mobile mesh-networking system developer PacketHop said it has received $10 million in its third financing round, which was led GF Private Equity Group....

M/A-COM receives federal homeland security designation 

M/A-COM announced that its NetworkFirst land mobile radio interoperability solution has qualified as an anti-terrorist technology under the 2002 SAFETY Act....

California firefighters better informed 

By: By Merrill Douglas

Merging mapping, CAD and records management provides critical info to field personnel...

Too good to be true? 

By: By Donny Jackson

Big speeds. Long range. Negligible power. No interference. Littler or no dedicated spectrum needed. How tiny xG Technology threatens to change the rules of wireless communications....

Eventide, Genesis Group partner on digital trunked logging solutions 

Eventide and Genesis Group announced at last month's Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference in Denver a partnership agreement to integrate Genesis' trunked radio applications with Eventide's Linux-based digital voice recorders....

Michigan cities create Wi-Fi zone 

Kentwood and Grand Rapids, Mich., together have launched HotSpots/CoolCity, a wireless broadband demonstration network provided by Vivato and Pronto Networks....

On flights of fancy 

By: by Glenn Bischoff

Throughout history, visionaries have been underappreciated, at least at the moment they first shared their visions. Think back to 1961, when President John F. Kennedy declared that the U.S. not only would beat the Soviet Union to the moon, but that it would do so in a decade....

Providence to deploy Motorola mesh network 

The City of Providence, R.I., will deploy a $2.3 million 2.4 GHz mesh network developed by Motorola that will provide high-speed mobile data capability to the city's public-safety agencies....

Ambulance service receives in-vehicle mobile data 

Emergency medical personnel employed by Greenwood, Colo.-based American Medical Response are receiving critical data in the field using a wireless gateway from In Motion Technology....

The IP debate 

By: By Jim Barthold

Dealers are divided on whether it's a great opportunity or just a lot of hype...

Catch-22 

By: By Lynnette Luna

Elected officials love a commercial wireless services' apparent cost advantages, but public safety requires greater reliability. What carriers must do to meet this demand and still keep shareholders happy...

Paratek awarded defense contract for RFID solution 

Paratek Microwave Inc. received a $1.99 million contract from the Defense of MicroElectronics Activity, a U.S. Department of Defense contractor...

RELM awarded contract from USPS 

RELM Wireless Corp. received a contract from the United States Postal Service to provide two-way portable radios and accessories to USPS offices nationwide...

Radio Frequency Systems expands cable distribution 

Radio Frequency Systems announced plans to globally market its RGFLEX braided coaxial cable, expanding beyond the Brazilian telecommunications sector...