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Government reveals snooping figures
News Hundreds of UK public bodies are authorised to intercept individuals' communications, including the Ambulance Service and Fire Authorities, the British Transport Police, HM Revenue & Customs, Secret Intelligence Service, the Security Service, the... [30 Jan 2008]
Photos: Five mobile gadgets for cops
Photo The Airwave service is expected to be rolled out to police, fire fighters and ambulance services by 2009. 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. [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). Before we started using Airwave, it wasn't uncommon to have... [24 Aug 2007]
London bombing report slams 999 radio network
News The latest London Assembly 7/7 committee report says despite significant progress in implementing its recommendations to improve emergency plans and procedures there are still problems and delays in implementing the Airwave network across the... [16 Aug 2007]
India diary, day 2: Emergency calls and rural life
Comment Ambulance services are also pathcy - and much cover is provided by private hospitals. I watch one of dispatchers sending out an ambulance to a snake bite victim in a serious condition. Instead each service has its own number - 101 for police, 102... [05 Mar 2007]
Airwave £115m deal down the Tube
News Under the deal, O2 will link the network used by the emergency services to the Tube's own Connect digital radio system, to allow workers from the police, ambulance and fire services to have radio coverage when working in the Tube's tunnels and... [05 Feb 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Bring back MMS
Comment Using MMS, those in accidents could transmit pictures of victims to help ambulance crews, or send videos of their location to help emergency workers track them down. Police, too, could match up snaps sent in by members of the public of suspected... [22 Jan 2007]
£390m ambulance radio upgrade rollout begins
News A new £390m ambulance radio system will improve communications with other emergency services and minimise the risk of interference with vital medical equipment. Work on the overall programme is "already well underway" with the rollout of the radio... [27 Dec 2006]
Scots ambulances get £48m Airwave
News The Scottish Ambulance Service has signed a £48.2m contract for the implementation of the Airwave digital communications system. Under the 10-year deal, O2 Airwave and SunGard Vivista will supply radio terminals to ambulance staff and integrated... [19 Jul 2006]
O2 pulls out of €100m police radio network bidding
News O2 had been tipped to pitch its Airwave service against four other consortia led by Arqiva, BT, Eircom and Rivada Networks for the lucrative National Digital Radio Service (NDRS) contract to replace ageing analogue radio systems for the Garda... [04 Jul 2006]
O2 in race to build €100m Irish police radio network
News O2 is up against BT and Eircom in the battle to win a contract to build a €100m secure digital radio network for the Irish police, fire and ambulance services. O2's Airwave digital radio network is already used by police in England and the company... [03 Jul 2006]
7/7 bomb rescue efforts hampered by communication failings
News Despite this network overload, the emergency services did not invoke the Access Overload Control (ACCOLC) system - apart from a 1km-square area around the Aldgate incident - which restricts mobile network access to the police, fire and ambulance... [05 Jun 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 year. [31 Mar 2006]
Firefighters warm to Airwave contract
News As well as listing the Highways Agency and the MoD among its customers, the O2 subsidiary signed a similar deal with the ambulance service and completed a £2.9bn radio rollout for the police earlier this year. [11 Nov 2005]
Cops launch 999 text hotline for deaf
News Other emergency services in the area, including ambulance, coastguard and fire brigades, are linked to the system, which was also designed for speech impaired people. Police on Merseyside have built a text messaging system for 250,000 people with... [19 Oct 2005]
