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RSS airwave£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The National Police Improvement Agency has signed the £39m contract with Airwave, the company that provides the mobile radio network used by every UK police force and currently being rolled out to every ambulance trust... [03 Nov 2009]
It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys
News In July… we had 22,000 PNC checks made over the BlackBerry but the demand on our PNC bureau and the control room was the same so what it did was it released this pent-up need for making PNC checks which wasn't being met by using the... [20 Oct 2009]
Mobile WiMax won't win race to become 4G king
News The fire service has very good voice communications with Airwave, but Airwave doesn't have the capacity to deliver video and 3G isn't suitable for the [video] quality. Mobile WiMax could serve a... [23 Jul 2009]
Acpo: Police should go open source
News The police communicate using a mixture of proprietary systems from companies including Airwave, BlackBerry and Orange. Police data systems should be based on open-source software, according to a senior member of the... [24 Jun 2009]
Tube mobile coverage in time for 2012 Olympics?
News The emergency services have a Tetra comms network on the Underground, supplied by Airwave. However in a recent interview with silicon.com, Airwave CEO Richard Bobbett said the economics of a commercial... [17 Jun 2009]
Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News Despite the questions over Airwave's data capacity, Nick Deyes, head of information and communications development at the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), told delegates at the forum that around 450 public... [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. Airwave will equip the 2012 Olympic Games in London with two Tetra networks: one for the police and other emergency... [09 Jun 2009]
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 are wasting money... [03 Jun 2009]
Exclusive: High costs kill off London Underground mobile plans
News Earlier this year, the Airwave emergency communication system went live on the Underground - which means police and other emergency services personnel are now able to communicate wirelessly through 250 miles of Tube... [13 Mar 2009]
Airwave heads out on the Highways Agency
News The Highways Agency is extending its rollout of the Airwave digital radio system to hundreds more staff. From later this year, 900 incident support unit personnel will join them on Airwave. The rollout... [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 smartphones that... [16 Feb 2009]
Mac history, Windows 7 and a high-tech KFC
Photo Here, policing minister Vernon Coaker examines a radio that uses the Airwave emergency communication system. With Airwave now working throughout the London Underground for the first time, no part of the... [28 Jan 2009]
Photo: Policing the depths of the Tube
Photo However, as the fire and ambulance Airwave systems have not yet gone fully live they currently rely on loaned police Airwave radios during incidents. The call is made possible by the... [14 Jan 2009]
Photos: Cops use tech to point the finger of suspicion
Photo Data from the scan is sent over the GPRS network via an encrypted virtual private network, as the police's dedicated Airwave network is unable to carry enough data. A recent trial, Project Lantern, saw about 200 scanners... [24 Oct 2008]
