Royal success for Airwave
Friday, 20 May, 2011
Airwave, the leading provider of critical voice and data communications to public service organisations in Great Britain, played an integral role in ensuring that vital communications between the emergency services took place without incident during the recent Royal Wedding in London.
According to David Sangster, UK services director at Airwave for London: "we worked closely with the Metropolitan Police, City of London Police, London Fire Service, British Transport Police and London Ambulance Service, to ensure that there were no disruptions to the Airwave Network."
On the day of the wedding, 6,000 users were connected to the Network, with some 3,800 users situated in or around the vicinity of Westminster Abbey and the Mall - a radius of 1 mile. The Network operated and remained stable throughout the day.
"In order to fulfil the Network requirements on the day, we deployed a specialised team to one of our Network Management Centres. Experienced field engineers and service managers were also on hand in London, together with a support team from our third party suppliers who assisted in providing Network support," adds David.
The event utilised the retuned Network designed to increase the network's capacity ahead of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
