Rising fortunes 

By: By Lynnette Luna

Tower safety finally is improving as federal/industry programs take root. But cutthroat competition is threatening to undermine the effort...

M/A-COM to deploy systems in Virginia 

M/A-COM said it has been awarded a $1.3 million contract by the County of Albemarle (Va.), City of Charlottesville (Va.) and the University of Virginia...

Unsecured Wi-Fi access points a concern 

By: By Doug Mohney

New devices monitor airwaves for rogue wireless LAN users...

Padcom, Tropos partner in Oklahoma City project 

Padcom and Tropos Networks last month announced a joint marketing agreement and sub-contracts to provide key aspects of a broadband data network...

Florida agency to use Motorola IP-based solution 

Motorola received a contract from the Florida State Technology Office to deploy its Motobridge IP interoperability solution statewide. Part of the company's...

All or Nothing 

By: By Donny Jackson

Public safety wants its 700 MHz spectrum now, but Congress says entire band must be cleared first...

City of Providence to install new CAD system 

Troy, Mich.-based New World Systems said it has been awarded a $4.5 million contract from the City of Providence, R.I., to deploy its Windows-based Aegis/MSP...

Nextel, Zetron intro interop solution 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

Nextel user can connect directly with their department's land mobile radio system...

Louisiana ambulance service deploys Radio IP gateway 

Radio IP Software recently said that Lafayette, La.-based Acadian Ambulance has deployed its Mobile TCP/IP Gateway as part of a wireless data system upgrade....

Florida police radio system goes live 

The Florida Statewide Law Enforcement Radio System (SLERS) is now operating statewide, according to M/A-COM, which developed, installed and operates the...

Navy deploys Northrop Grumman 911 CAD system 

The U.S. Navy has deployed a new 911 computer-aided dispatch system at its Regional Operations Command and Control Center at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, according...

DOD radio system allegedly overpowers garage-door openers 

A two-way radio system is being deployed by the Department of Defense at military bases nationwide that allegedly is jamming garage-door openers...

RoIP success is in the details 

By: By John Facella, P.E., M/A-COM

Last month in this space, we examined the overarching issues associated with using IP networks to provide the backbone for voice traffic in a public-safety...

Mesh networking hits prime time 

By: By Donny Jackson

Motorola acquisition of MeshNetworks validates still-developing technologies...

Aloha plans test of Arizona high-speed data network 

By: By Lynnette Luna

Aloha Partners, owner of 77 licenses in the 700 MHz band, said it is poised to receive a waiver from the FCC...