Modernization
Apriva licenses FIPS-certified module for Feds
Arrangement with Certicom allows company to speed delivery of its secure wireless messaging products to government customers.
Modernization
Hughes unveils new government hook
A satellite company also announces a new brand and ownership structure.
Modernization
Verizon unveils network tools
The tools provide aid in network assessment, reporting, dynamic bandwidth adjustments and packet marking.
Modernization
States slow to implement E911
Many states have not set dates for upgrading systems to manage wireless calls.
Modernization
Interoperability still plagues DHS
New report expected to hit agency for foot-dragging on communications
People
GAO: States implement E911 at varying levels
Enhanced 911 helps first responders locate wireless callers in an emergency.
People
Americom deal extends DOD satellite options
The company has partnered with Xtar, giving it access to the XTAR-EUR satellite.
Modernization
DHS wireless experiment takes to orbit
This summer, the project will shift from testing cellular communications to satellite.
Modernization
Panel: VOIP should change agency practices
They said feds should look at it as a technology that enables new ways of thinking.
Cybersecurity
Expert: Wireless security is all about location
Authenticating wireless users by the location of the access points they use is a good benchmark for role-based access to networks, said Matthew Gray of Newbury Networks.
Modernization
Visionaries needed
Agencies are facing a telecom revolution with few big thinkers to lead
Digital Government
Unfurling wireless mesh
New gear expands coverage of wireless networks, but proprietary products prevail
Modernization
Qwest to enhance, run Wyoming education network
The Wyoming Equality Network connects all of the state's public schools.
Digital Government
Actix buys German network firm
Radioplan provides software for automated network optimization.
People
Vegas police go with IP-based wireless net
M/A-COM will deploy a private 700/800 MHz network over the next two years.
Modernization
Telcos regroup for 2006
As dust settles on two telecom mergers, remade companies plan for the future
Cybersecurity
Port officials want hands off grant program
Representatives of the nation’s public seaports oppose President Bush’s proposal to lump a dedicated grant program to improve port security into a larger funding pool.
People
Texas town creates wireless potpourri
Roaming technology enables police and fire officials to seamlessly communicate using three wireless networks.
Modernization
Tech could redefine 'car talk'
The Federal Highway Administration is researching ways to enable cars to communicate with traffic signals.
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