Intrado makes Los Angeles County ready for VoIP E-911By: By Donny Jackson Los Angeles County public-safety answering points (PSAPs) can accept voice-over-IP (VoIP) E-911 calls and transfer calls with the push of a button after 911 vendor Intrado deployed its V911 solution in the county, the company announced recently.... Motorola to buy Symbol TechnologiesBy: By Donny Jackson Motorola has agreed to pay $3.9 billion in cash to purchase enterprise mobility solutions vendor Symbol Technologies, the companies announced yesterday.... Motorola releases incident-scene management suiteBy: By Donny Jackson Motorola last week introduced Incident Scene Management, a suite of wireless broadband solutions for public-safety and government entities that are required to coordinate responses to large-scale emergencies.... New York City awards $500 million wireless contract to Northrup GrummanBy: By Donny Jackson New York City this week announced that it has awarded a five-year, $500 million contract to Northrup Grumman to provide the city’s broadband wireless public-safety network... Dallas airport unveils CoCo Communications interoperability systemBy: By Donny Jackson Federal, state and local officials yesterday applauded the use of an interoperable communications service at Dallas Love Field airport supplied by mesh-networking software vendor CoCo Communications.... Harris, Stratex announce merger plansBy: By Donny Jackson Stratex Networks and Harris’ Microwave Communications division will be combined to form a new company called Harris Stratex Networks to deliver wireless transmission solutions globally, officials for the firms announced yesterday.... Providence unveils first-responder mesh data networkBy: By Donny Jackson City of Providence, R.I., officials yesterday announced that a new citywide mesh network is allowing police and fire personnel to access broadband data and video from ... Air Force inks contract with Space DataBy: By Donny Jackson Near-space wireless firm Space Data today announced it was awarded a five-year, $49 million U.S. Air Force contract to provide communications via base stations attached to the company’s balloons, which ascend to 65,000 to 135,000 feet above the earth.... Harris announces Truepoint enhancementsBy: By Donny Jackson Microwave communications vendor Harris yesterday announced a capacity expansion to its flagship Truepoint solution that is designed to give international operators additional backhaul flexibility. Previously, maximum PDH microwave offerings internationally were provide... APCO announces location-technology projectBy: By Donny Jackson Fueled by the emergence of voice over IP (VoIP) and other communications technologies that are not integrated easily into the current 911 system, the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) today announced a new project to address the location-awareness problems... Texas county builds interoperable systemBy: By Mary Rose Roberts ORLANDO--Architects of an interoperable communications system deployed in southwestern Texas stressed the importance of cooperation, planning and teamwork during a session held this week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference... Cisco introduces public-safety advanced technologies programBy: By Donny Jackson ORLANDO--IP-based vendor giant Cisco Systems announced its Solutions with Advanced Technologies (SWAT) program this week here at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference... PacketHop expands offering to 4.9 GHzBy: By Donny Jackson ORLANDO--Ad hoc network software vendor PacketHop today announced that its PacketHop Communications System 2.0 adds support for the 4.9 GHz licensed public-safety band and cellular data networks... Motorola packages solution suites for public safetyBy: By Donny Jackson ORLANDO--Industry giant Motorola today announced three new solutions suites designed to serve the public-safety community that will be displayed here at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) 2006 conference... TensorComm files MIMO-related patentBy: By Donny Jackson Wireless technology company TensorComm today announced that it has filed a patent application to extend its Interference Cancellation Technology (ICT) to networks using MIMO... |
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