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Harris Corp.’s Innovative microMASTR P25 Cell Site Extends System Coverage for Federal, State and Local Public Safety Users
February 27, 2012Highlights: * A “first-of-its-kind” flexible, signal-enhancing solution that extends P25 radio system coverage in areas covered by traditional tower sites….
Read full articleHarris Corp. Fully Integrates P25 Conventional Operation with Its VIDA Network
February 27, 2012Highlights: · Integrated solution provides mission-critical users with a new level of operational flexibility and interoperation. · Offers users services…
Read full articleHarris Corp. Introduces XG-25 Portable Radio for First Responders
February 27, 2012Highlights: · Economical radio fully complies with the FCC narrowbanding mandate. · Powerful mission-critical radio operates in VHF P25 conventional…
Read full articleKenwood Broadens NEXEDGE Digital Product Line
February 27, 2012(Suwanee, GA) Kenwood will show, for the first time at IWCE, the new NEXEDGE IP Dispatch console, designed to be…
Read full articleAPCO Webinar: $7 Billion and 20 MHz: Congress Enacts Legislation to Build a Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network
February 24, 2012Please join APCO’s Government Relations team on Wednesday, Feb. 29 at 11 a.m. Eastern for a free webinar to find out what you need to know about Title VI, the Public Safety Spectrum section of H.R. 3630; Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012.
Read full articleNew Law Provides Spectrum & Funding & Will Save Lives
February 24, 2012On Tuesday, Feb. 21, Vice President Joe Biden met with first responders to thank them for their service and to…
Read full articleWash. 9-1-1 Call Prompts Investigation of Rehired Officer
February 24, 2012SPOKANE, Wash. — Another Spokane police officer is facing potential termination after using law enforcement resources to find the home address of a woman he’d met at a Spokane Valley bar, then showing up uninvited in the middle of the night. The woman called 9-1-1 and lodged a complaint.
Read full articleOhio Counties Look to Save Money with Regional Dispatching
February 24, 2012WOOSTER, Ohio — While consolidated dispatch centers exist across the nation, a study used the four located in Ohio as case studies: The Chagrin Valley Regional Communications Center in Chagrin Falls; the Metropolitan Emergency Communications Center in Gahanna; Regional Emergency Dispatch Center in Massillon; Westshore Central Dispatch Center in Westlake.
Read full articleGeorgia Police to Get New Radio System
February 23, 2012AUGUSTA, Ga. — The new system will be tied into the county’s broadband network, which is under construction and will include several new radio towers. The radio system might be ready for use by October.
Read full articleRochester, N.H., Officials Push Street Names for 9-1-1 Ease
February 23, 2012ROCHESTER, N.H. — While the end is in sight, the process could take another year or two to correct out-of-place addresses in the city.
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