Its. 4 9 Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry -----Original Message----- From: "Tom DeReggi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:44:50 To:"WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Northrop to provide wireless public safety net for NYC
For $500 MILLION, it better be licensed or PublicSafety allocated Spectrum. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn DiPietro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 6:54 AM Subject: [WISPA] Northrop to provide wireless public safety net for NYC > Northrop to provide wireless public safety net for NYC > > BY Bob Brewin > Published on Sept. 12, 2006 > > New York City has awarded Northrop Grumman a $500 million contract to > develop a broadband wireless network, which the city characterized as the > “most aggressive commitment by any municipality to provide a > next-generation public safety network.” > > The New York Citywide Mobile Wireless Network (CMWN) will provide the New > York Police Department, Fire Department, Transportation Department, Office > of Emergency Management and other agencies with a high-speed network > capable of handling a variety of broadband data including federal and > state anti-crime and anti-terrorism, fingerprint, mug shot and city map > databases, and full-motion streaming video, the city said. > > Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the new network will help fill in the > communications gaps that occurred as emergency workers grappled five years > ago with the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center. “One of the > most important lessons learned from the Sept. 11 attacks was that our > emergency responders need better access to information and clearer lines > of communication in the field,” Bloomberg said. > > CMWN will ensure that public safety workers will have the tools they need > to fight crime and help in emergencies, Bloomberg said. It will also > improve efficiency and productivity in nonemergency situations by > streamlining communications and improving service, he added. > > The city said it expects Northrop Grumman will turn the network on in > Lower Manhattan by January 2007, with citywide deployment planned by > spring 2008. The city has an option to extend the contract for 10 years. > > The company said it selected IPWireless to provide its Universal Mobile > Telecommunications System equipment used by commercial cellular carriers > for CMWN. The gear can provide mobile users with broadband data service at > speeds up to 16M per second, according to a fact sheet on the company’s > Web site. > > Lori Horton, director of strategic wireless initiatives at Northrop > Grumman, said CMWN will provide users with data rates of 2M per second in > a vehicle moving 60 miles per hour. The company demonstrated in a test > earlier this year in Lower Manhattan that it can provide such data rates > to vehicles moving at 120 mph, she added. > > A unique feature of the network will address concerns raised by top > commanders’ inability to communicate in the aftermath of the terrorist > attacks, Horton said. It will give priority to incident scene commanders > so they get the bandwidth they need when they need it, she said. > > The city said the high data rates provided by CMWN will allow the NYPD and > FDNY to deploy new applications to workers in the field. The network will > enable police officers to access real-time photo, warrant and license > plate databases. > > The network will enable FDNY to establish reliable wireless connectivity > between the Fire Operations Center and responders in the field to transmit > on-scene data and video, the city said. New York will work to provide > network access to state and federal public safety agencies. > > The city said it plans to use CMWN support a number of nonemergency > applications that will provide a significant improvement over existing > technology for city workers in the field. For example, it will include > remote water meter reading technology for the Environmental Protection > Department, which will reduce costs associated with conventional methods > of meter reading. > > The city said its DOT will use the network to expand its ability to > remotely monitor and program traffic signal controls daily and during > emergencies. > > When New York released the CMWN bid request in 2004, it attracted interest > from bidders including EDS, IBM, Lucent and Lockheed Martin. > > --- > --- > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.12.3/445 - Release Date: 9/11/2006 > -- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
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