Olympics
RSS Olympics£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The two-way Tetra comms system has an important role to play during the London 2012 Olympics - with two Airwave networks being deployed, one for the emergency services to use, and a separate network for Games staff. [03 Nov 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News With just over 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 London Olympics, the team in charge of the Games' tech is poised for the real work to get underway. By the end of this year the consortium will have largely... [27 Oct 2009]
Photos: Giant robot leads Tokyo's Olympic dreams
Photo In London, work is already ongoing on the technology that will lay the foundations for the 2012 Olympics. The robot also stands next to a clock counting down the time until the winning host city for the 2016... [07 Aug 2009]
Photos: The tech timetable to the 2012 Olympics revealed
Photo A technology roadmap for the Games, released today, details how Atos Origin, the London Olympics IT supplier, and its partners will prepare for 2012, building a network capable of streaming 6GB of sporting results every... [24 Jul 2009]
Flash of Silverlight to put Microsoft hot on Adobe's heels?
News It has scored key deals to power NBC's 2008 Summer and 2010 Winter Olympics sites. Microsoft kicked off its latest effort to challenge Adobe's Flash by launching Silverlight 3 at an event on Friday. The code actually... [13 Jul 2009]
Nortel dropped from Olympic role - and Cisco steps up
News Nortel has been dropped as the official communications supplier for the 2012 London Olympics, and has been replaced by Cisco. Nortel was a tier 1 sponsor of the 2012 Olympics but Cisco is apparently a... [10 Jul 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News In Carter's view the London Olympics is an ideal opportunity to digitise the Underground. The London Olympics in 2012, which will be the most digital Olympics in history, seems a... [17 Jun 2009]
Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News The Olympics is a case in point - we have a few thousand additional officers required in the East End of London to make sure the policing of the Olympics is safe and the event passes off safely. They're... [15 Jun 2009]
'Airwave does do data - unlike what some of the media say'
Comment Airwave CEO talks to silicon.com about the future of emergency services comms, the 2012 Olympics and data question marks O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone may loom large on most people's mobile radar but for the... [11 Jun 2009]
Airwave eyeing Olympic network legacy
News Emergency services comms company Airwave already has one eye on its Olympics legacy. The company, named earlier this year as a supplier to the London 2012 Olympics, will provide private mobile radio... [09 Jun 2009]
Gerry Pennell
CIO Profile Gerry Pennell is leading the team that will deliver the IT and telecoms backbone of the London 2012 Olympics Games, as well as providing the big screens, sound systems, timing and scoring technology. Pennell has a... [01 Jun 2009]
Olympics tickets to double as Tube tickets, cash?
News The London 2012 Olympics could be set to pioneer smart tickets that double up as contactless payment and Oyster cards. Research into a 'cashless' Olympics and the "feasibility of integrating systems for... [29 May 2009]
Ofcom taps MoD for 2012 Olympics radio spectrum
News A final version will follow later this year but, in the interim, people can read the file here covering the various effects of the Olympics on London's spectrum use. The spokesperson pointed out that the public agencies'... [28 May 2009]
Cyber attack warning for London 2012 Olympics
News Former home secretary David Blunkett has warned of an internet attack on the 2012 Olympics, in a speech to delegates at the Infosecurity Europe 2009 conference in London on Tuesday. He said that those people defending... [28 Apr 2009]
Silverlight 3 gets Mac friendly
News SVP of digital media at NBC Sports and Olympics, Perkins Miller, said his network will be using Microsoft's Silverlight to offer 720p HD streaming of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. As well as... [19 Mar 2009]
