Several companies are moving into the network planning business, ready to offer computer-based design expertise to new wireless operators and existing operators faced with increasing competition in the cellular and personal communications services markets.Most of these firms use computer software programs to merge radio...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Trimble Navigation Ltd. and L.M. Ericsson have agreed to license technology that allows dispatch centers such as ambulance and other public-safety services to use radio bandwidth more efficiently in tracking their vehicles.Trimble said it will offer Automatic Vehicle Location and data messaging products...
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Shinawatra Paging of Thailand has chosen Glenayre Technologies Inc. to supply infrastructure equipment for the second phase of its system expansion.Glenayre said it will provide nearly 300 high-performance paging transmitters and a control system using global positioning satellite service. GPS allows simulcasting, when...
A French transportation company is using global positioning system technology to track the locations of its busiest buses, which not only helps dispatchers do their jobs better, but also allows the company to transmit estimated arrival times to display screens at bus stops.The Altair...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Differential Corrections Inc. will provide digital data services to the North Dakota Department of Transportation using Radio Broadcast Data System technology.DCI provides global positioning system differential correction service over a network of FM radio stations. Users can receive real-time, dynamic GPS position fixes...
Calspan Advanced Technology Center said it will test a Cellular One system combined with Rockwell International Global Positioning System receivers to determine if 911 calls made from a cellular phone can help locate traffic accidents for emergency response.Under a $2 million contract from the...
