SmartLink deploys interoperable solution to Conn. fire departmentSmartLink Radio Networks said it has deployed a radio solution that provides interoperable communications between the Manchester (Conn.) Fire-Rescue-EMS (MFRE), surrounding county fire departments and the fire department maintained by the 8th Utility District... Motorola announces first mesh deploymentBy Donny Jackson Motorola today announced that the city of Buffalo, Minn., has accepted its mesh network, the first such acceptance since Motorola completed the purchase of MeshNetworks earlier this year... More woes for Philly police radio systemBy Glenn Bischoff The City of Philadelphia’s police radio system encountered two 15-second outages on Feb. 23 after a Verizon Communications technician inadvertently took out of service a T1 line that provided backhaul for the system... RoamAD announces mobile voice-over-Wi-Fi testNew Zealand-based RoamAD, a supplier of mesh solutions for scalable metro Wi-Fi networks, yesterday announced it has successfully conducted a multi-party VoIP conference call over its network with all participants traveling at speeds in excess of 80 mph... Nuvio offers E-911 service with VoIP PBXBy Donny Jackson Voice-over-IP provider Nuvio today announced the launch of E911 services for its NuvioCentrex product, which is a hosted IP-based PBX for small and medium-sized businesses... Lack of interoperable communications plagues Florida manhuntBy Glenn Bischoff Law enforcement agencies responding to a manhunt in Florida recently were hampered when they were unable to speak with each other because their radio systems were incompatible... Motorola system works fine, says Philly policeBy Glenn Bischoff A Philadelphia police department official this week supported what Motorola has been saying for the past couple of months: that recent troubles with the two-year-old system were someone else’s fault, in this case Verizon Communications... RCA spring event set for May 4The Radio Club of America announced that its second annual West Coast spring gathering will be held May 4 at Tony Roma’s in the Willow Shopping Center in Concord, Calif... Bluesocket adds three hospitals as customersWi-Fi security and management vendor Bluesocket this week announced contracts with three hospitals, giving the company more than 100 healthcare-provider customers... EFJohnson receives $2.8 million in DOD ordersEFJ Inc. subsidiary EFJohnson has announced two U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) orders for Project 25 radios and accessories totaling $2.8 million... NetMotion Wireless boasts record growth; name new CEONetMotion Wireless, a provider of mobility management solutions, this week announced the addition of 109 new customers during the second half of 2004... Alvarion inks deal with Verizon subsidiaryAlvarion this week announced that Verizon Avenue, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications that focuses on the rural and multidwelling-unit markets, has purchased about 2300 BreezeACCESS VL fixed wireless broadband units to provide high-speed access to five military communities in Monterey, Calif... MeshDynamics offers first three-radio solution for mesh networksMeshDynamics this week announced the availability of its MD-300 family of software and systems products—a mesh networking solution that the company claims will yield bandwidth improvements that are more than 50 times greater than those provided by traditional mesh networks... Boost Mobile expands P2T service in Canada, South AmericaIn partnership with NII Holdings and Canada’s TELUS Mobility, youth market-focused MVNO Boost Mobile this week announced expansion of its push-to-talk service in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Peru... NexGen City sues Motorola, MeshNetworks for mergingBy Donny Jackson Dallas-based NexGen City has filed a $100 million lawsuit in a Texas state court alleging that Motorola and its acquisition, MeshNetworks, conspired to create a monopoly in the peer-to-peer wireless market for public-safety and homeland-security applications... |
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