England airwave
RSS England airwaveSort by: Relevance | Date
Police IT: 'Lots of money is being wasted'
News This lack of joined up thinking was responsible for it taking almost a decade to rollout a compatible digital radio service, Airwave, across different forces he said. Police forces in England and Wales... [03 Jun 2009]
Airwave heads out on the Highways Agency
News A Home Office report last month found the 43 police forces that cover England and Wales were not making full use of Airwave features that could help cut paperwork. The Highways Agency is extending its... [10 Mar 2009]
Police failing to grasp new tech
News The 43 forces that cover England and Wales have been too slow in upgrading incompatible computer systems to share information between forces and are not making full use of features on Airwave radios and... [16 Feb 2009]
Tech to cut red tape and leave police to police
News Scrap lengthy forms used to record stop and account - police will instead use Airwave police radio to record encounters. A Police Federation of England and Wales spokesman said: "We are in favour in... [08 Feb 2008]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo The East of England Ambulance Service is one of the first in the country to roll out the Airwave secure digital radio network to paramedics. The Airwave service is expected to be rolled... [27 Nov 2007]
East England Ambulance rides the Airwave
News The NHS has commenced the rollout of the Airwave secure digital radio network to ambulance teams throughout England, starting with East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST).... [24 Aug 2007]
£390m ambulance radio upgrade rollout begins
News The DoH signed a 13-year contract worth £390m in July 2005 with Airwave - owned by mobile operator O2 - to provide the new digital radio and communications system. The radio terminals provided by Sepura will operate on... [27 Dec 2006]
O2 to sell Airwave?
News Airwave signed a £2.9bn, 19-year contract with the Home Office in 2000 and serves all police forces in England, Scotland and Wales. O2 is considering selling off Airwave, its emergency... [08 Dec 2006]
O2 pulls out of €100m police radio network bidding
News O2's Airwave digital radio network is already used by police in England and the company recently won £740m-worth of contracts to extend it across the ambulance and fire services. O2 had been tipped to... [04 Jul 2006]
O2 in race to build €100m Irish police radio network
News O2's Airwave digital radio network is already used by police in England and the company recently won £740m-worth of contracts to extend it across the ambulance and fire services. O2 is up against BT and... [03 Jul 2006]
Police to develop national video ID system
News Over the next 12 months, other enhancements to the £2.9bn Airwave network, which is available to all police forces in England, Scotland and Wales, will also be made. Another key priority in the business... [22 May 2006]
Fire service to get £350m Airwave emergency radio system
News The Tetra-based Airwave network is currently available to all police forces in England and is mid-way through a £390m rollout to ambulance trusts, which expect to have the service up and running by next... [31 Mar 2006]
O2 wins £390m deal for ambulance digital radios
News The rollout of a £2.9bn Airwave network for police forces in England, Scotland and Wales was completed on time by O2 earlier this year but the procurement of a digital communications network for the fire... [19 Jul 2005]
Swap ID cards for police wireless handhelds, say LibDems
News The rollout of the £2.9bn Airwave police radio communications system has been completed to all forces in England, Scotland and Wales on time and on budget. It wants to give officers handheld computers... [18 Apr 2005]
£2.9bn police radio system completed on time
News The rollout of the £2.9bn Airwave police radio communications system has been completed to all forces in England, Scotland and Wales on time and on budget. The Tetra-based Airwave... [01 Apr 2005]
