EADS completes Nokia mobile radio buy 

EADS yesterday announced that it has completed its purchase of Nokia’s Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) division....

Zebra Technologies expands ‘smart’ label capabilities 

Zebra Technologies has added converting equipment for producing so-called smart labels...

Lenexa, Kan., deploys citywide wireless broadband network  

The City of Lenexa, Kan., has selected and Electronic Technologies to deploy a citywide mobile and fixed wireless broadband network that will connect government buildings, municipal vehicles, traffic signals, and video cameras throughout the municipality...

Nokia provides P2T services for Austrian operator  

Nokia and Austrian mobile operator mobilkom Austria have partnered to deliver push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) services...

T-Mobile Hungary introduces P2T service 

T-Mobile will introduce push-to-talk services in Hungary on Sept. 20, the first commercial carrier to do so...

Daniels, Twisted Pair announce UIC availability 

By Donny Jackson

Daniels Electronics has announced the commercial availability of its Universal Interface Card (UIC), which can be integrated with Twisted Pair Solutions’ WAVE application suite to enable digital integration between all forms of LMR radios, as well as PC computers, PDAs, telephones and mobile phones...

Radio IP, Dell land Broward County contract 

By Donny Jackson

Radio IP Software last week announced that it and Dell have been selected jointly by the sheriff’s office in Broward County, Fla., to provide a wireless data solution for 1200 mobile law-enforcement workers in the county...

Proxim jumps into 4.9 GHz, Wi-Fi mesh networking  

By Glenn Bischoff

DENVER--Proxim Wireless Corp. announced during this week’s Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference here the availability of its wireless municipal mesh network solution that operates in the 2.4 GHz and 4.9 GHz bands and offers broadband connectivity to municipalities where it is cost-prohibitive to install network wireless edge access devices...

Raytheon JPS offers special pricing on ACU-T 

DENVER--Raytheon JPS announced during APCO that it would temporarily reduce prices for its ACU-T Tactical Intelligent Interconnect System...

Twisted Pair Solutions gets new partners 

DENVER--Seattle-based Twisted Pair Solutions this week announced the addition of new technology partners and channel partners for its IP-based interoperability software solution...

Project MESA slows as vendors hold out 

By Lynnette Luna

DENVER--Project MESA was launched five years ago as a collaborative effort between the United States and Europe to identify and create common specifications for the next generation of public-safety wireless systems, yet progress has been sluggish ...

ClosedNetworks CEO warns of 4.9 GHz band issues 

By Lynnette Luna

DENVER--Ed Vea, chief executive officer of ClosedNetworks, tempered the hype surrounding the prospects of the 4.9 GHz band, highlighting the fact that several cost and network considerations come into play that won’t make planning high-speed mobility networks easy...

Vehicle-tagging solution addresses high-speed chases 

By Glenn Bischoff

DENVER--Each year in the U.S. police officers engage in about 100,000 high-speed chases, 70% of which last 10 minutes or less and 85% of which involve non-violent offenders...

Eventide, Genesis Group partner on digital trunked logging solutions 

DENVER--Eventide and Genesis Group announced a partnership agreement to integrate Genesis’ trunked radio applications with Eventide’s Linux-based digital voice recorders...

Genesis helps Motorola users rid systems of clones 

By Donny Jackson

DENVER--The Genesis Group this week announced a new feature in its software-based monitoring system that helps Motorola SmartZone users identify unwanted clone radios operating on their networks....