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EADS Defence & Security has been awarded by the French Ministry of the Interior a contract for deployment of ANTARES infrastructure
Radiocommunications service to be set up for the benefit of the public services contributing to homeland security missions – total interoperability at national and interdepartmental levels
ETC Hosts Advanced Disaster Management Simulator Users' Conference in Orlando
Environmental Tectonics Corporation's (AMEX:ETC) ("ETC" or the "Company") Simulation Division has announced the success of the 7th Annual ADMS Users' Conference
Sepura wins two major contracts in the Netherlands
In a nationwide contract success, Sepura has been named one of three approved suppliers to the Dutch police and certain fire, ambulance and customs services by vtsPN, the Police’s information communication technology organisation, following an open European Tender Process
Australia’s five-star welcome to Sepura
Sepura has secured its first sales win in Australia with one of the country's top hotel resorts choosing its TETRA digital radios to replace an analogue system.
Zenitel delivering services and equipment for the C2000 Public Safety Network in The Netherlands
Zenitel has confirmed its contract with vts Politie Nederland (vtsPN) for EARS (LARA 2), the European Tender for C2000 TETRA terminals, Non-TETRA equipment, accessories and services. Zenitel was one of seven companies who signed three of the 12 contracts. The other successful companies are: Abiom, Koning en Hartman, KPN, Lumidee / Imtradex, P2000 alarmeringsystemen, and Sepura. Zenitel will deliver the equipment and services for a period of three years, with a possible extension of another two years.
Rescue operations via satellite - two day exercise in Crete
Heraklion, Crete: An earthquake has just shaken the Greek island. Damage is widespread and all conventional, terrestrial communications have been destroyed. The rescue operations have only one means at their disposal that has not been affected by the quake - a satellite which, from its altitude of 36 000 kilometres, can immediately link the locations involved in the catastrophe with the appropriate authorities.
AT&T to Deliver Country's First Statewide Citizen-Evacuation Management System
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) has announced a new contract to deliver an innovative custom mobility solution to the Governor's Division of Emergency Management (GDEM) for the state of Texas. The solution, the Texas Special Needs Evacuation Tracking System (SNETS), is the country's first statewide citizen-evacuation system and uses a variety of radio-frequency identification (RFID), wireless and mobile data technologies to provide real-time information on evacuees, enabling the GDEM to better support the evacuees and their families during a crisis.
EADS Defence & Security delivers system demonstrator for Joint ISR to the Bundeswehr
EADS Defence & Security (DS) has received an order from the Federal Office of Defence Technology and Procurement (BWB) to develop a system demonstrator for joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance network (Joint ISR). The contract is worth € 23 million and is to be completed by mid-2011.
Motorola and RCC Mobile Radio Systems Provide TETRA Digital Radio Solutions for St. Petersburg Metro
Motorola, Inc. ( and RCC Mobile Radio Systems, Inc. today announced the successful completion of the first stage of the Unified Digital Radio System (UDRS) for St. Petersburg metro. The UDRS project for St. Petersburg metro is being jointly implemented by Motorola and RCC Mobile Radio Systems (St. Petersburg), Motorola's partner in building TErrestrial Trunked RAdio (TETRA) systems in Russia. The project will provide metro trains and workers with digital mobile radios.
Saxony chooses BT as its Partner for fixed voice and mobile services
BT has won a significant contract for fixed voice and mobile voice and data services from the Federal State of Saxony. This makes Saxony the third German state – after Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate – to source communications services from BT on a large scale.
Proposed acquisition of Frontline Technologies Corporation Limited by BT
BT and Frontline Technologies Corporation Limited (Frontline), one of the leading providers of end-to-end information technology (IT) services within the Asia Pacific region, announced today that they have entered into an agreement for BT to acquire the entire issued share capital of Frontline (the “Acquisition”) for approximately S$202 million. Frontline provides IT consulting, infrastructure services, systems integration and IT outsourcing to local, regional and multinational customers. The company, which is listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange, has operations in China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.
Iridium provides mobile satellite communications for public safety organisations
The State of Idaho recently awarded a contract to World Communications Center (WCC) to provide Iridium® satellite voice and data products and services for government agencies throughout the state.
Nationwide TETRA public safety radio network installed in record time
EADS Defence & Security delivered and installed in record time the Estonian nationwide TETRA public safety radio network, which was officially taken into service yesterday (3 December 2007)
SELEX Communications for the security of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Uganda
The daunting task of protecting people and infrastructure during troubled times implies providing public safety and security forces with advanced communications technology. Due to the strategic role that SELEX Communications plays both domestically and internationally, the company was able to offer the Uganda Police with the technology and support they needed to protect the event and for day by day operations for the security of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which will take place from the 23rd to the 25th of November 2007, in Uganda.
