Three Motorola Models are Top Choices when Two-Way Radios are Rented
The biggest events in America run on two things: ticket sales and two-way radio communications. Organizers of everything from county fairs to Super Bowls know that effective radio use dramatically...
View ArticleTwo-Way Radios Improve Refinery Efficiency and Safety
Flying home last week after helping yet another BearCom customer resolve a communications crisis, I passed over the scene of an earlier victory for two-way radios: Suncor Energy‘s refinery in Colorado....
View ArticleVideo Surveillance Now Protects Right from the Start
For several months, Dallas has been abuzz about a bridge. The just-opened Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge now elegantly spans the Trinity River with a massive central arch and web of supporting cables, all...
View ArticleMotorola Solutions Unveils Ultimate Patrol Vehicle
While I fly to emergencies, our law enforcement officers drive. Their vehicles are their offices, and they’re becoming more and more crowded as departments add the latest technologies. Motorola...
View ArticleUniversity Depends on Rental Radios for National Event
I just flew in from Knoxville, Tennessee, where the good folks at the University of Tennessee host 12,000 high school students for Destination Imagination every year—with more than a little help from...
View ArticleMOTOTRBO Hits the High Notes at South by Southwest
Down in Austin, Texas, it’s 10 miles between the venerable Saxon Pub and the eclectic nightclub Red Eyed Fly. But they might as well have been a thousand miles apart two years ago, as organizers of the...
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 ArticleCell Phones or Two-Way Radios: Which Is Right for My Business? (Part One)
Across the business spectrum, there is intense focus these days on mobility. Companies want to arm employees with the tools needed to do more things from more places—and to do it all faster....
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...
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BearCom Sponsoring Expedition Outreach and its Death-Defying Icelandic Adventure
Motorola Solutions makes some of the toughest two-way radios on the market, and this fall, a couple of them will be put to the ultimate test during an amazing expedition being sponsored in part by...
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 ArticleCell Phones or Two-Way Radios: Which Is Right for My Business? (Part Three)
Part Two When companies weigh the relative merits of cell phones and two-way radios, there’s one group that has to stay top of mind: the users. These are the people actually using the equipment, after...
View ArticleWireless Technology Helps to Keep Schools Manageable
Schools function as a complex network of teachers, coaches, administrators, accountants, clerks, counselors, diagnosticians, nurses, cooks, security officers, librarians, computer technicians,...
View ArticleExpansions in Petrochemical Industry Mean Jobs, Increased Need for Digital...
Innovations can dramatically influence the logistical needs of any industry. So when technological advances helped unlock natural gas and oil from shale formations, it meant growth for the...
View ArticleFor Los Angeles River Path, Council Member Puts Out a Call for Remote Call...
Sure, almost everyone has a smartphone these days, but the little jewels don’t work everywhere all the time, and there are times when we don’t carry them. Fortunately, other wireless technologies fill...
View ArticleVehicle Applications Pushing Surveillance Video Purchases
Some $500 million was spent on video surveillance equipment in 2012, and that doesn’t even count accessories. A big driver of that spending is, well, driving. A significant portion of the video...
View ArticlePrivate Pilots Shouldn’t Take Off Without a Backup Radio
Those of you who follow my adventures know that I can fly to wherever there’s a communications emergency. Regular folks need a plane, and what do private pilots need? They need two-way radios, of...
View ArticleTwo-Way Radios Play a Role as Construction Industry Builds Momentum
The construction industry is on a roll, according to experts who project construction starts will be up 9% this year, on top of last year’s 5% gain. The biggest increases in activity will be in...
View ArticleWireless Technology Helping to Drive the Booming Video Surveillance Industry
Okay, so the recent Super Bowl wasn’t much of a game. But there were plenty of noteworthy elements beyond the weather, the halftime show, and the event’s largest-ever television audience. Security at...
View ArticleMotorola Solutions Teams with SchoolSAFE to Offer Radio Interoperability...
A key element of school campus security is the ability to quickly summon first responders in an emergency. And while calling 9-1-1 works, a direct wireless connection with police, fire, and medical...
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