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RSS police 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... [03 Nov 2009]
It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys
News Continued on page two gadget police carry around - they also carry an Airwave radio. The Airwave Tetra network was designed for voice comms, and while the radios can be used for sending... [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. If they're able to get live... [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,... [24 Jun 2009]
'Airwave does do data - unlike what some of the media say'
Comment O2, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone may loom large on most people's mobile radar but for the emergency services the name that matters is Airwave: every UK police force uses Airwave's Tetra... [11 Jun 2009]
Airwave eyeing Olympic network legacy
News Airwave will equip the 2012 Olympic Games in London with two Tetra networks: one for the police and other emergency services to use, and a separate network for Games staff under a deal with the London... [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... [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... [13 Mar 2009]
Airwave heads out on the Highways Agency
News A Home Office report last month found the 43 police forces that cover England and Wales were not making full use of Airwave features that could help cut paperwork. The Highways Agency is extending its... [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 With Airwave now working throughout the London Underground for the first time, no part of the transport system's 250 miles of tunnels will be outside police communications coverage.silicon.com went along... [28 Jan 2009]
Photo: Policing the depths of the Tube
Photo With Airwave working underground for the first time, no part of the metro system's 250 miles of tunnels will be outside police communications coverage. However, as the fire and ambulance... [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... [24 Oct 2008]
Manx police to use covert Tetra handsets
News The Isle of Man government uses a Tetra digital radio network, similar to the Airwave service on the mainland, for communications across a range of government agencies. The Isle of Man is deploying 'covert' Motorola... [10 Mar 2008]
Taxman goes high-tech in fraud fight
News Airwave said HMRC officers using the network will be able to communicate securely with other users such as police and port authorities, because voice and data traffic carried over it can be encrypted to... [13 Feb 2008]
