Aeroflex submits HSPDA test case for review 

Aeroflex announced it has submitted its high-speed downlink packet access (HSPDA) conformance test case for approval to the 3GPP RAN5 Working Group...

Sprint, Motorola to trial WiMAX 

By: By Donny Jackson

Sprint announced it has reached an agreement with Motorola to trial wireless broadband technologies and equipment, particularly those related to 802.16e...

IP-based network links call centers 

Tel Control Inc. and Avaya are collaborating on a deployment in Galveston, Texas, scheduled to be completed in the fall...

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...

FCC spectrum approach hits the mark 

By: By Mark Crosby

We should all pay attention to the FCC's order [ET Docket 04-151] that removed many regulatory barriers of entry in order to encourage multiple users in the 3650 to 3700 MHz band and stimulate the deployment of wireless broadband services, particularly in rural and other underserved areas...

Machine-to-machine sector revs up 

Pager networks link solutions now, but GSM begins to encroach on fast-growing sector...

Symbol makes an RFID splash 

By: By Donny Jackson

New products provide hope that technology will benefit more than just retailers...

Nextel CEO predicts public safety in iDEN's future 

By: By Donny Jackson

Nextel President and CEO Tim Donahue said he believes the company's iDEN network could be part of the "public-safety network of the future"...

Washington state upgrades radio system 

Alcatel has deployed an advanced digital voice and data communications network in the state of Washington that replaces the legacy analog system...

California city chooses Motorola's mesh solution 

By: By Donny Jackson

The city of Ripon, Calif., announced that it has chosen Motorola's mesh-networking product to provide broadband data access to Ripon employees...

NENA wants to work with VoIP vendors 

By: Glenn Bischoff

National Emergency Number Association President Bill McMurray predicted that the FCC's order requiring voice-over-IP providers to offer the same enhanced 911 services made available by wireline and wireless carriers ultimately would result in new technologies that improve the performance of public-safety answering points...

House resolution seeks FCC reconsideration of BPL 

By: By Donny Jackson

ARRL has expressed support for a proposed U.S. House of Representatives resolution that asks the FCC to reconsider and review its interference policies as they relate to broadband-over-powerline deployments...

Public safety gets its wish 

By: By Donny Jackson

FCC requires voice-over-IP providers to offer customers 911 service...

Speakeasy turns on pre-WiMAX network in Seattle 

By: By Donny Jackson

Broadband service provider Speakeasy has deployed a network in Seattle that will serve as a test bed for the company's WiMAX rollouts...