WLAN/WiMAX switch unveiled  

California Eastern Labs has expanded its line of NEC GaAs MMIC switches with the UPG2163T5N SPDT, a single-pole/double throw switch...

Sprint launches EV-DO wireless data service 

Sprint today announced it will provide mobile Internet access in at least 60 U.S. metropolitan areas by early 2006 via CDMA EV-DO (evolution data optimized) networks....

Texas Instruments makes RFID announcements 

By Donny Jackson

Texas Instruments this week announced that it has begun shipping radio-frequency-identification (RFID) chips--inlays and straps--based on Generation 2 (Gen 2) protocol, marking the company’s entrance into the retailer-centric RFID market...

Sprint, Motorola to trial WiMAX 

By Donny Jackson

Sprint today announced it has reached an agreement with Motorola to trial wireless broadband technologies and equipment, particularly those related to 802.16e, or WiMAX...

Speaker: PSAP migration to IP is inevitable 

By Glenn Bischoff

LONG BEACH, Calif.--The buzzword--or more accurately buzz-acronym--that has dominated talk at this week’s National Emergency Number Association conference is VoIP, as public-safety answering point managers try to figure out how they’re going to process 911 calls from VoIP subscribers and manage their own transitions to IP-based infrastructures...

Orlando shuts down free Wi-Fi service 

The city of Orlando, Fla., has cancelled a pilot program that offered free wireless Internet access at a downtown park, according to a story on Forbes.com...

Verizon Wireless launches 3G service in Seattle, San Antonio 

Verizon Wireless this week announced it is offering high-speed Internet access over its new CDMA EV-DO network in Seattle after launching similar services last week in San Antonio...

Hillsborough, N.J., program unites county departments with radio system 

Officials in Hillsborough, N.J., have developed a Department of Public Works Watch Program, comprising 250 employees that report accidents, crimes and suspicious activity through the use of two-way radios...

Calypso Wireless signs trial agreement with Ecutel 

Calypso Wireless, a broadband wireless device and technology manufacturer, has signed a field trial installation agreement with Ecuador Telecom-Ecutel SA...

Intelligent Systems announces RFID solution for retailers 

Intelligent Systems has unveiled a set of intelligent radio frequency identification networking hardware and software offerings, allowing retailers to deploy item-level tracking solutions...

Paratek awarded $1.987 million DMEA contract  

Paratek Microwave Inc. received a $1.987 million contract award from the Defense of MicroElectronics Activity (DMEA) to further research and development on state-of-the-art concepts for military radio frequency identification (RFID) antennas...

Cognio debuts laptop-based Wi-Fi spectrum analyzer  

Cognio, a spectrum analyzer company, introduced the first laptop-based radio frequency spectrum analysis solution for Wi-Fi networks, called Intelligent Spectrum Management System (ISMS) Mobile...

Symbol, IBM, Philips demonstrate Gen 2 RFID interoperability  

By Donny Jackson

Symbol Technologies, in cooperation with IBM and Royal Philips Electronics, this week demonstrated interoperability between radio frequency identification (RFID) tags based on the new EPC Generation 2 standard and older Gen 1 tags....

Intel to announce three-flavored Wi-Fi chip 

Intel officials today will announce that the company’s researchers have unlocked a way to support three 802.11 wireless broadband standards on a single chip, according to multiple media reports...

Michigan statewide radio system wins award 

The American Council for Technology recently chose the Michigan Public Safety Communication System (MPSCS) for its 2005 Intergovernmental Solutions Award, which recognizes outstanding government technology programs. The 181-tower statewide digital two-way radio system was chosen from more than 60 nominations across the country....