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APCO Announces First CALEA Public Safety Communications Accreditation Manager Training Course
December 1, 2010Dec. 1, 2010, Alexandria, Va.: On Jan. 26, 2011, the APCO Institute will conduct the first CALEA Public Safety Communications…
Read full articleMotorola Solutions Announces New Board of Directors Effective Jan. 4
December 1, 2010SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Dec. 1, 2010 – On Jan. 4, 2011, Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT – News) will change its name…
Read full articleA Master Plan
December 1, 2010Business experts have long considered strategic planning a necessary tool for success, but we suspect that few comm centers develop and implement meaningful strategic plans. Strategic planning is rooted in future-oriented, proactive thinking that anticipates change and adopts long-term strategies to meet the demands of that change. In other words, it is a “master plan” for your comm center.
Read full articleLifeBot Signs Option for DREAMS: The $14 Million, Advanced ‘Super Ambulance’ Emergency EMS Telemedicine System Developed with U.S. Army Materiel Command
December 1, 2010Considered by many to be the most highly developed ambulance to hospital EMS telemedicine communications system ever deployed, DREAMS is the first and only system to provide fully interactive simultaneous “live” transmissions of video and critical patient data. The system in essence brings hospital specialists to the scene giving doctors and nurses a virtual telepresence to collaborate in saving lives and managing disasters in real time, on the “battlefield,” at home or abroad.
Read full articleMidland Radio Corporation Awarded U.S. Navy Blanket Purchase Agreement for P25 Equipment
December 1, 2010Kansas City, Mo. — Midland Radio Corporation recently received notification of award from the U.S. Navy for a blanket purchase…
Read full articlePowerTrunk Appoints Christopher Ramsden Vice President of Sales
December 1, 2010New York City — PowerTrunkT Inc., a global leader in Land Mobile Radio (LMR) design, manufacture and implementation, has appointed…
Read full articleFort Wayne Police Use Online System to Solve String of Multiple Residential Burglaries
December 1, 2010LeadsOnline is the nation’s largest online investigative system used by more than 3,000 law enforcement agencies to recover stolen property and solve crimes. Each day, millions of items are added to the LeadsOnline database by businesses, including second-hand stores, scrap metal recyclers, pawnshops, and Internet drop-off stores across all 50 states. Those records are instantly available to law enforcement agencies …
Read full articleShared Spectrum Company Applauds New FCC Proceeding to Facilitate Innovation for Dynamic Spectrum Sharing
December 1, 2010Nov. 30, in a keynote address at the Wireless Innovation Forum’s Technical Conference and Production Exposition in Arlington, VA, Tom Stroup, CEO of Shared Spectrum Company (SSC), addressed a new proceeding commenced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This Notice of Inquiry (NOI) will explore how dynamic spectrum access (DSA) can be deployed to promote more intensive and efficient use of wireless spectrum for consumers. Stroup’s statement: …
Read full articleWait Times Drop for California Cell Phone 9-1-1 Calls
December 1, 2010Sacramento — Wait times are dropping and more Californians placing 9-1-1 cellular telephone calls are getting through to telecommunicators. The state Public Safety Communications Division says only 5% of cell phone emergency calls haven’t reached 9-1-1 operators this year, which compares to 42% of 9-1-1 wireless calls placed three years ago.
Read full articleMotorola to Break into 2 on Jan. 4
December 1, 2010Motorola Inc. will split into two companies effective Jan. 4, finalizing the breakup of one of the founders of the U.S. electronics industry.
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