ambulance underground
London bombing report slams 999 radio network
News The Metropolitan Police Service will complete its delayed rollout of Airwave next month but the London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade will have to wait until September 2008 and November 2008 respectively. [16 Aug 2007]
O2 flogs Airwave unit for £2bn
News Its recent contract wins include a £115m agreement to kit out London Underground, a £48m deal with the Scots Ambulance and a £32m contract with their Welsh counterparts. After months of speculation private equity has finally snapped up O2 Airwave... [19 Apr 2007]
Airwave sale will be no quick fix
News The business has secured a number of large contracts of late, including a £115m deal with London Underground and a £48m agreement with the Scottish ambulance service. The sale of O2's Airwave unit may be some way off yet, according to the mobile... [01 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]
7/7 bomb rescue efforts hampered by communication failings
News The lack of a digital radio network meant that many senior managers among the main emergency services, and the London Ambulance Service in particular, were forced to rely on using already overloaded mobile phone networks to communicate in the... [05 Jun 2006]
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