APCO announces location-technology project 

By: 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...

EADS unveils ISSI-based P25 solution 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

EADS North America introduced last week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials conference in Orlando a solution that leverages the recently approved inter-RF subsystem interface, or ISSI, protocol to establish interoperable communications between disparate Project 25 devices...

JPS to distribute Etherstack P25 converter 

By: By Glenn Bischoff

Raytheon JPS has agreed to distribute a solution engineered and manufactured by U.K.-based Etherstack that can convert an analog base station into a Project 25-compliant digital base station...

Tropos announces multiband capability 

By: By Donny Jackson

Wireless mesh-networking vendor Tropos Network today announced a new family of MetroMesh routers that represent the company’s foray into the multiband market...

Cisco introduces public-safety advanced technologies program 

By: 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...

Motorola adds TDMA spectral efficiency to P25 offering 

By: By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--Motorola this week announced its next-generation platform for mission-critical communications, including an extension of its IP-based ASTRO 25 system that lets customers use their spectrum more efficiently...

New JPS interface transforms analog radios to SIP 

By: By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--Radio interoperability solutions provider Raytheon JPS Communications yesterday unveiled its analog radio adapter, the ARA-1, which lets analog radio systems join the IP revolution by transforming the signal to work on a session initiation protocol (SIP) network...

M/A-COM unveils P25 solutions 

By: By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO—Wireless network vendor M/A-COM today announced at the Association of Public-Safety Communication Officials (APCO) 2006 conference the availability of ISSI and data capability solutions for Project 25 systems...

Motorola packages solution suites for public safety 

By: 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...

Genesis announces P25 compatibility 

By: By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--Texas-based software vendor Genesis today announced that its GenWatch3 product will be available for any Project 25 radio system later this year and will be displayed with an EFJohnson system this week at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) this week...