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£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The contract will also help support public order policing activities involving several thousand officers within confined locations, and ensure Airwave can scale to cope with the risk of "a spontaneous major incident"... [03 Nov 2009]
It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys
News The Airwave Tetra network was designed for voice comms, and while the radios can be used for sending basic data - such as two-digit codes - complex data tasks such as checks of the Police National... [20 Oct 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... [17 Jun 2009]
Is it 999 for emergency services comms?
News Airwave CEO Richard Bobbett told silicon.com in an exclusive interview: "We are never going to push much beyond a GPRS-type throughput on our packet data channel. The communications network used by the emergency services... [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... [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... [09 Jun 2009]
East England Ambulance rides the Airwave
News Airwave, which has already been adopted by a number of police forces, gives users a resilient, clear comms line that can be shared by many users within each service or by two or more emergency services... [24 Aug 2007]
Fire service to get £350m Airwave emergency radio system
News The Fire and Rescue Service has awarded a £350m contract for a new national digital emergency radio communications system to O2 Airwave. The Tetra-based Airwave network is currently available to all... [31 Mar 2006]