Give me wireless VoIP (but hold the spectrum) 

By: By Donny Jackson

At first glance, running voice over IP on a Wi-Fi network should not be a significant engineering challenge. After all, VoIP applications generally require...

N.Y. county upgrades to 800 MHz IP platform 

Dataradio will replace New York's Onondaga County's existing mobile data network with its G3 800 MHz IP platform, which provides throughputs of 48 kb/s,...

Oil port deploys emergency response units 

The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port is deploying SOLA Communications' Emergency Response Units (ERU) for emergency back-up communications and continuity of...

Oklahoma City upgrades communications system 

Oklahoma City is replacing its existing Dictaphone Freedom System with a solution from NICE Systems. The solution will capture communications from 16...

Penn. county chooses microwave radio solution 

York County, Penn., chose Alcatel's microwave radio solution to support a public-safety communications network. The solution consists of a digital backhaul...

Power cooperative upgrades to a trunked radio system 

North Dakota-based Basin Electric Power Cooperative, a wholesale power supplier, will replace its existing conventional radio system with a new Tait MPT...

Public safety rethinks PANs 

By: By Lynnette Luna

Personal area network, or PAN, technology has experienced tremendous growth in the commercial market thanks to the demand for Bluetooth headsets. But...

Raceway adds WLAN system 

The Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in Pleasanton, Calif., has installed Trapeze Networks' WLAN Mobility System. The system consists of Mobility Exchange switches,...

Same threats, different technology 

By: By Doug Mohney

Potential threats to radio frequency identification, or RFID, systems resemble the problems currently being encountered by IT network administrators,...

University hops on wireless trend 

The University of Texas, Dallas, chose Meru Networks' Wireless LAN System for a campuswide wireless network that will serve approximately 14,000 students...

Traffic-monitoring system test planned in Michigan 

The Road Commission for Oakland County, Mich., the Michigan Department of Transportation and Motorola will test wireless communications between vehicles...

APCO announces location-technology project 

By: By Donny Jackson

Fueled by the emergence of voice over IP and other communications technologies that are not integrated easily into the current 911 system, the Association...

University police choose MobileCop software 

The Indiana University Police Department in Bloomington, Ind., awarded a contract to BIO-key for its MobileCop products, which will be deployed in all...

Ariz. medical center buys software to manage RFID data 

The Tucson (Ariz.) Medical Center will deploy USBiogistics' Concourse enterprise-support software to integrate data captured through RFID tags into medical...

University tests multi-modal solution 

By: By Mary Rose Roberts

A slew of academic institutions is testing a multi-modal communications solution as part of a $50 million federal funding effort by the National Science...