IWCE: Kenwood, EADS to partner on public-safety systems 

By Glenn Bischoff

LAS VEGAS--Tokyo-based Kenwood Corp., the parent of Kenwood USA, and EADS Secure Networks, a subsidiary of Arlington, Va.-based EADS North America, announced this week at IWCE 2007 an agreement to collaborate on scalable, Project 25, or P25, systems for state and local public-safety agencies...

Tait sees success with systems strategy 

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Long known as seller of radios and other LMR components, Tait Radio Communications is experiencing 50% annual growth since embarking on a strategy that includes the sale of complete systems, a company executive said here at IWCE...

IWCE: M/A-COM announces new P25 radio 

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Wireless vendor M/A-COM today introduced the P5400, a P25 radio that is among the smallest in the industry for a public-safety-grade LMR device, said Greg Farmer, M/A-COM product manager...

IWCE: EFJohnson announces resale agreements 

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Wireless systems vendor EFJohnson this week at IWCE is announcing business agreements with two partners that are designed to bolster its solutions portfolio...

EADS unveils ISSI-based P25 solution 

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 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...

TA asks public safety to get more involved in rebanding 

By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--One week after the original negotiation deadline for Wave 1 NPSPAC licensees to sign 800 MHz rebanding agreements, only 5% of the deals are done and the Transition Administrator (TA) has not heard from more than half of the affected licensees...

Motorola adds TDMA spectral efficiency to P25 offering 

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...

M/A-COM unveils P25 solutions 

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...

Genesis announces P25 compatibility 

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...

Aeroflex, Etherstack to develop P25 testing tools 

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Test-equipment vendor Aeroflex and software firm Etherstack will jointly develop and market products to support Project 25 protocol conformance testing, the two companies announced last week at IWCE...

M/A-COM announces P25 solution for 700 MHz band 

By Donny Jackson

ORLANDO--M/A-COM yesterday announced that its P25 product offering has broadened to include 700 MHz trunked solution in multisite and simulcast configurations...

RELM wins $1.25 million contract from state agency 

RELM Wireless announced this week it has been awarded a $1.25 million order for BK Radio-brand APCO project 25-compliant digital portable and mobile radios from a state government agency...

RELM announces $1.1 million federal order 

RELM Wireless announced that it has received a $1.1 million order from a federal agency for Project 25-compliant radios manufactured under the company’s BK Radio brand...

Motorola tapped for airport communications system 

Motorola this week announced that it has landed a $6.9 million contract to deploy a Project 25 trunked radio system at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall airport...