Report: Hackers are jamming emergency communications in Maine 

York County, Maine, public-safety officials said someone is deliberately jamming emergency radio frequencies, putting firefighters at risk, the Associated...

NexGen City announces VoIP P2T handset for mesh networks 

NexGen City yesterday announced it has developed a voice-over-IP radio handset with push-to-talk (P2T) and personal-digital-assistant (PDA) features that...

Nextel unveils international Direct Connect service 

Nextel Communications introduced yesterday International Direct Connect walkie-talkie service that it said would provide “under-a-second” digital push-to-talk...

Motorola to deploy TETRA network in Central Asia 

Motorola announced it has been chosen to deploy a Dimetra TETRA network to be used by the Special State Protection Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan,...

SAFECOM unveils interoperability requirements 

By Glenn Bischoff

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s SAFECOM Program yesterday issued a Statement of Requirements designed to guide public-safety agencies nationwide...

Texas police department selects MDS mobile data solution 

The Portland, Texas, police department will deploy a mobile data communications network developed by Microwave Data Systems, the company announced. MDS...

Satellite-based maritime communications/monitoring solution launched 

World Communications Center recently announced the launch of MariTrack, an Iridium satellite-based communications and monitoring system designed for the...

BelAir unveils optical line interface for Wi-Fi networks 

BelAir Networks recently introduced what it is calling the first optical line interface designed to connect metro-scale Wi-Fi networks to existing metro...

Meru Networks lands $17 million in funding 

Wireless LAN network developer Meru Networks announced it has secured $17 million in Series B funding, which the company said it would use to expand its...

Motorola announces several UK police contracts 

Motorola announced that several United Kingdom police forces have selected its products for various deployments. According to Motorola, seven Scottish...

Report: Expect 50 million dual-mode Wi-Fi handsets by 2009 

More than 50 million dual-mode handsets enabling users to talk over a cellular network or by using voice-over-Wi-Fi technology will be shipped by 2009,...

Motorola earnings rocket in first quarter 

Motorola announced net earnings for first quarter 2004 of $609 million—25 cents per share—on sales of $8.6 billion. Earnings improved by 257% year over...

Ritron transceiver designed to improve interoperability 

Ritron this week announced RadioNexus, a base-station transceiver that is designed to let two-way radio users access an IP network. An RJ-45 connector...

Proposed RFID standard gains support 

Several key manufacturers and technology providers today announced they are submitting a protocol definition designed to provide a much-anticipated worldwide...

Broadcom uses M-Systems’ technology in wireless systems 

M-Systems today announced that its DiskOnChip flash disk has been integrated in Broadcom’s latest 802.11g secure wireless access point and router reference...