RFID takes off at U.S. airports 

By: By Merrill Douglas

According to the International Air Transport Association, or IATA, bar-code scanners used in baggage-handling systems capture data accurately only 80%...

SUNY gets wireless network 

Citizens Communications announced it will build a wireless data network at SUNY Orange College in Middletown, N.Y., for campus-wide Internet access. The...

Food supplier incorporates mobile computers, RFID 

AmeriQual Group, a producer, packager and distributor of long-shelf-life food products, has deployed Symbol Technologies' mobile computer, RFID and wireless...

Patent infringement case leads to cease-and-desist order 

A federal court ordered Gamber-Johnson, via a cease-and-desist order, to stop sales of its VersaTrue line of mounting products. The order resulted from...

Fenway Park goes wireless 

The Boston Red Sox have implemented wireless local area network connectivity at all its facilities, including at Fenway Park. The ball team purchased...

U.S. Army awards multimillion-dollar contract 

DataPath landed a $181 million contract for satellite communications earth terminals, software and systems from the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics...

Got next? 

By: By Donny Jackson

Next-generation technology struggles to break through political and economic barriers. ...

N.J. public-safety agencies purchase records-management system 

New Jersey's North Metro Fire Rescue District and Westminster Fire Department selected BIO-key's FireRMS mobile application. The enterprise-class records-management...

NYC gets wireless public-safety network 

By: By Lynnette Luna

Just a day after the nation remembered the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, New York City officials awarded a five-year, $500-million...

Philadelphia school district implements WLAN 

The School District of Philadelphia will use Meru Networks' WLAN system for mobile Internet access, educational applications and instructional management...

Providence unveils first-responder mesh data network 

By: By Donny Jackson

City of Providence, R.I., officials yesterday announced that a new citywide mesh network is letting police and fire personnel access broadband data and...

S.C. county deploys GPS tracking system 

Richland County, S.C., deployed Radio Satellite Integrators' automatic vehicle location system to track public-works fleets operating throughout the county....

West Point tackles interoperability 

By: By Ryan Currie

At the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., achieving interoperable communications between the academy's emergency services, its local civilian...

SmartLink Radio Networks wins interoperability contract 

SmartLink Radio Networks was awarded a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, for a multi-agency, interoperable, public-safety...

What is TD-CDMA? 

By: By Lynnette Luna

A packet data implementation of the international 3GPP Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) standard. Time Division Duplex (TDD) is used,...