Deadline’s Approach Causing Some Narrowbanding Headaches
About four months remain for users of two-way radios to get into compliance with the FCC narrowbanding mandate, and there are signs that the January 1, 2013 deadline is causing some serious scrambling...
View ArticleBearCom’s Los Angeles Branch Covers the Waterfront with Two-Way Radio Solutions
I’m just back from sunny Los Angeles, where I interviewed Stan Cameron, General Manager of BearCom’s LA branch. As you might imagine, the entertainment industry is important to that branch, but it also...
View ArticleBearCom Partner Profile: TABLETmedia
Who out there wouldn’t like to improve operations, provide better customer service, and save money? Those are the goals of our partner TABLETmedia, which is a leader in enterprise communication...
View ArticleBearCom’s San Francisco Branch Excels at High-Profile Events—Lots of Them
The day after the San Francisco Giants won their way into another World Series was an especially busy one for Ann Guyer. The Rental Manager for BearCom’s San Francisco branch said, “Every time I looked...
View ArticleHow Wireless Technology Saved Thanksgiving
The first Thanksgiving was held in 1621 as colonists from the Mayflower joined the Wampanoag Indians to celebrate the autumn harvest. No record exists of what was said during the three-day celebration,...
View ArticleFire Chief’s Comment Highlights Importance of Noise Reduction
After a fire this week at the Archer Daniels Midland ethanol distillery plant in Illinois, a local fire chief had this to say about the blaze his crews battled for nearly 11 hours: “The biggest problem...
View ArticleBearCom’s CEO Looks at Wireless Trends in 2013
Again this year, I asked Jerry Denham, BearCom’s President & CEO, for his thoughts about the coming year in wireless communications. And while some of his predictions reflect those he made a year...
View ArticleVideo Surveillance Cameras Finding Work on American Farms
Flying between our Seattle and Chicago branches last week, I was over South Dakota when I noticed a most unusual—but entirely appropriate—application for video surveillance cameras: large agricultural...
View ArticleBearCom Adds New Vertex Standard EVX-531 to Its Two-Way Radio Product Line
BearCom is adding the new Vertex Standard EVX-531 two-way radio to our product line, and officials here are predicting it will be a popular choice among customers looking for a talk-and-listen radio...
View ArticleWhy Do Organizations that Rent Two-Way Radios Choose BearCom? Reason #1:...
BearCom rents two-way radios used at some of the highest-profile events in America—events like the Super Bowl, World Series, and New York Marathon, as well as gatherings like South by Southwest,...
View ArticleNarrowbanding Issues Remain Unresolved Months After FCC’s January 1 Deadline
Nearly five months after the FCC’s narrowbanding deadline, people are still talking about the mandate for users of two way radios to convert to 12.5 kHz technology. Among them is Al Ittner, Senior...
View ArticleVertex Standard’s New EVX-531 Digital Radio Shined at Presidential Inauguration
At BearCom, we know all about how two-way radios make large events easier to manage, more enjoyable to attend, and safer for all. We’ve helped some truly high-profile events with two-way radio rentals....
View ArticlePredicted Expansion of M2M Technology Signals New Landscape for Wireless...
The first wave of the Internet connected users to information found on websites. The second wave went further by connecting users to each other through social media. The third wave will go beyond...
View ArticleNew CP200d Two-Way Radio from Motorola Solutions Combines Simplicity,...
What do you do when you have one of the most popular two-way radios ever produced in the Motorola CP200? If you’re Motorola Solutions, you make it better. And that’s what happened with the introduction...
View ArticleCell Phones or Two-Way Radios: Which Is Right for My Business? (Part Four)
Part Three Almost any discussion of cell phones eventually turns to apps. This smartphone platform has these cool applications and that platform has these others. Many people don’t realize that two-way...
View ArticleBearCom Introduces Company-Branded Audio Accessories for Several Popular...
Big news from BearCom: We are introducing of a new line of audio accessories that will carry the company name. The speaker-microphones and surveillance kits are designed for Motorola Solutions’ XPR3300...
View ArticleWireless Technology Aids the Healthcare Industry Far Beyond Obvious Applications
It seems everyone is talking about healthcare. This week, the health insurance exchanges established by the Affordable Care Act went into effect. Many wonder what this means for their individual care...
View ArticleTwo-Way Radio Options for Fire Departments
All across the country, declining state and local revenues have caused budget cuts to numerous public safety agencies. Fire departments, with limited funds and the admonishment to do “more with less,”...
View ArticleBearCom’s New Preventive Maintenance Plans Help Keep Organizational...
Our fleet of rental radios from Motorola Solutions—we’ve got 20,000 of them—has taught us a thing or two about preventive maintenance. All that experience and expertise helped us develop the BearCom...
View ArticlePilgrims’ Progress: The Second Thanksgiving and the Motorola CP200d
Last year at this time, we told you how wireless technology saved the first Thanksgiving, improving communications and making for a festive celebration for the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians in...
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