Motorola to license P2T-over-cellular client software 

Motorola announced it would license its standards-based push-to-talk-over-cellular (POC) client software to third-party GSM/GPRS and UTMS handset manufacturers...

Nextel posts $1.5 billion profit for 2003 

Nextel CommunicationsNextel Communications announced it recorded net income of $1.54 billion for fiscal 2003—$1.41 per share—an 11% gain over the previous...

Cincinnati airport upgrades wireless notification system 

Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport has deployed a wireless notification system jointly developed by Emergin and Nextel Communications...

Jordanian company to build iDEN network 

Amman, Jordan-based New Generation Telecommunications will build a $49 million nationwide radio dispatch and cellular telecommunications network utilizing...

Oregon city deploys mesh data network 

The city of Medford, Ore., announced it has deployed a high-speed mesh data network developed by Maitland, Fla.-based Mesh Networks, Inc. The 24-square-mile...

MRT’s Kinley authors book on RF devices 

Noble Publishing has published “The Radioman’s Manual of RF Devices,” authored by Harold Kinley, who writes Mobile Radio Technology’s popular “Technically...

Southeast Asia nation deploys first TETRA system 

The Southeast Asia nation of Brunei Darussalam, located on the north coast of Borneo on the South China Sea, has deployed a TETRA (terrestrial trunked...

Indiana school taps SpectraLink Wi-Fi handsets 

A Fort Wayne, Ind., elementary school has added voice capability to its existing Wi-Fi data network by deploying Wi-Fi-based wireless handsets produced...

California city installs mesh network with eye towards first responders 

The city of Lancaster, Calif., announced it would install a wireless mesh network developed by Los Angeles-based XRF Technologies. Terms of the deal were...

FDA supports RFID use to secure drug supply chain 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said this week that radiofrequency identification (RFID) technologies should be employed by pharmaceutical manufacturers,...

Report: Enterprise WLAN market dips 

The worldwide market for enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) equipment and services declined by 8% in the fourth quarter 2003 compared to 20%...

FCC proposes BPL rules 

The Federal Communications Commission today proposed changes to its technical rules governing broadband-over-power line services that it said would foster...

D.C. to Install Wireless Broadband Network for First Responders 

The District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) today announced that Motorola and Flarion Technologies would jointly develop a...

Tennessee utility chooses Motorola private wireless system 

Motorola has announced a $10.2 million contract with the Middle Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. (MTEMC) to deploy its Harmony wireless communications...

EFJohnson to deploy Project 25 system in Alaska 

EFJohnson announced it has been awarded a $663,000 contract to deploy Project 25-compliant VHF radio equipment for use on the Alaska Land Mobile Radio...