Internetnews.com offers extensive details on New York City's soon to launch wireless network: The public safety and municipal network, NYCWiN, started its trials last year. One key early pilot pr...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2008/03/more_details_on_nyc_public_saf.html
New York City launches enormous network for emergency response, traffic control, meter reading, other purposes: The New York City Wireless Network (NYCWiN) includes many different purposes, but n...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2008/03/new_york_city_lights_up_massiv.html
The Wall Street Journal reports that the 2004 deal with Sprint Nextel for cleaning up public safety static is still vastly far from complete: The company agreed to pay up to $4.86b to consolidate...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/08/sprint_nextels_move_off_old_sp.html
FCC commissioners today voted on rules for the auction of 700 MHz of spectrum, including public safety capacity: Frontline's proposal for matching 10 MHz in one set of commercial licenses with 12...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/07/700_mhz_public_safety_auction.html
The LAPD says their Wi-Fi-linked video surveillance in Watts has caused crime to plummet: Video surveillance has a particular emphasis around the Jordan Downs housing project as gang members are ...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/05/cameras_in_watts_cause_32_perc.html
Chairman Martin puts proposals for more public safety bandwidth coupled to commercial uses outside of emergencies on the table: There have been generally positive signals towards some of the prop...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/05/fcc_chair_favors_publicprivate.html
The Beaverton, Ore., police department has wired up 40 cruisers to use a new public safety wireless network: The network allows typical uses like handling email, retrieving mug shots, and looking...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/04/beaverton_builds_citywide_publ.html
700 MHz spectrum auctions still being finalized: Competing proposals address public-safety component. The sale of 60 MHz of the spectrum could raise $15b to $30b for the Treasury. So far, 24 MHz ...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/04/more_debate_on_700_mhz_public.html
PacketHop releases their Communication System 3.0, with new secured mobile video surveillance options; and hardware: The PacketHop system is aimed at first responders and others involved in publi...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/03/packethop_upgrades_video_optio.html
Motorola now supports video surveillance over wireless through its ecosystem: The firm has integrated its various mesh, point-to-point, point-to-multipoint (Canopy), and pre-WiMax gear with appli...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/03/motorola_adds_wireless_video_s.html
The Justice Department's inspector general gives national law enforcement wireless network poor marks: $200m has been spent with little to show for it. The majority of the $772m allotted to the p...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/03/federal_integrated_wireless_ne.html
Firetide powers the mesh network in Dallas created by local firm BearCom for crime reduction: The system covers 30 percent of downtown with live video monitoring carried over mesh Wi-Fi connectio...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/03/dallas_rolls_out_wireless_vide.html
Frontline Wireless pushes hybrid public safety/commercial model for some of 700 MHz: The group, headed by former NTIA and FCC figures, would like to impose a public-safety override requirement on...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/02/frontline_offers_700_mhz_alter.html
The leading metro-scale equipment vendor Tropos moves into public safety: The firm's wireless nodes are currently used more than any others by an order of magnitude in the US due to EarthLink's a...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/02/tropos_adds_public_safety_rout.html
Toledo, Ohio, looks more to police, emergency purposes than public access: The system that the city is building will offer both, but the municipality appears more interested in how they can strea...
http://publicsafety.wifinetnews.com/archives/2007/02/toledo_focus_is_on_public_safe.html