Speakeasy turns on ‘pre-WiMAX’ network in Seattle 

By: By Donny Jackson

Broadband service provider Speakeasy today announced it has deployed a “pre-WiMAX” network in Seattle that will serve as a testbed for the company’s WiMAX rollouts when equipment is available, Speakeasy President and CEO Bruce Chatterley said...

Airaya selects Atheros chips for 4.9 GHz products 

Airaya has chosen Atheros Communications’ wireless LAN chipset technology to be used in its public-safety series of WirelessGRID bridges for wireless multipoint and backhaul networks in the 4.9 GHz band for homeland security and public safety, Atheros announced today...

First responder among Nextel contest winners 

Nextel Communications said Thomas Murray of Tinley Park, Ill., won first prize, worth $1000, in the company’s Wireless Winners contest...

Fujitsu launches WiMAX system-on-chip 

Fujitsu unveiled the MB87M3400, a WiMAX system-on-chip that complies with the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard and which will enable development of a new generation of WiMAX-compliant broadband wireless access (BWA) equipment, the company said...

Virginia sheriff’s department joins APCO program 

The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials said the Gloucester County Sheriff’s Office would implement the APCO Institute Emergency Medical Dispatch Program...

IPMobileNet lands contract with Minnesota region-wide agency  

Irvine, Calif.-based IPMobileNet said it has entered into an agreement with the Minnesota Regional Service Agency to deploy its Series 32 mobile data system...

Stone Mountain intros speaker microphones  

Stone Mountain unveiled its ProBand 800 MHz remote antenna speaker microphone configured for the Motorola XTS and HT750/1250 series portable radios...

SmartLink expands sales infrastructure, support 

SmartLink Radio Networks said it has created SmartPartner, a regional partner program designed to broaden the reach of its I-Network platform...

Alamosa County connects to Colorado statewide system 

Alamosa County recently became the first of six counties to tap into Colorado’s statewide 800 MHz digital trunked radio system...

Padcom, Nextel to co-market roaming software 

Padcom said it has reached a joint marketing agreement with Nextel to co-market Padcom's TotalRoam software...

First SD card RFID reader for handhelds unveiled  

TradeWind Technologies announced it has introduced an RFID reader that it says is the world’s first commercially available reader in the SD card form factor...

Independence seeks to improve coverage with 700 MHz system 

Seeking to bolster radio communications for all city personnel, Independence, Mo., plans to deploy a 700 MHz trunked radio system that will be funded largely by a grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to the Examiner, a newspaper covering eastern Jackson County, Mo...

Kentucky agency upgrades two-way radio system  

The Kentucky Department of Vehicle Enforcement (KVE) is replacing its current two-way radio system (originally installed in the 1950s) by utilizing the Kentucky State Police (KSP) statewide two-way radio system....

Georgia chooses Sprint for wireless contract 

Sprint yesterday announced that the state of Georgia has awarded it with a one-year contract to provide wireless voice and data services to state and local agencies...

Michigan OKs more money for statewide radio system 

For the second consecutive year, Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has obtained legislative approval to provide $13 million in funds to pay for upgrades to the Michigan Public Safety Communications System, according to a story published yesterday in the Detroit News...