MysterAitch
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I've been following this on/off but haven't kept up with recent developments with the new UK Emergency Services Network (ESN) over the last six months or so.
Doing some catch-up it sounds like:
- Samsung are to provide upto 250,000 handhelds (no mention of mobile/base?),
- Vodafone has ruffled some feathers in declaring that they plan to turn off existing infrastructure on 31/March/2020 (but have since agreed to supply some interim solution in the case that the ESN gets delayed),
- there have been some reports of masts popping up around the country to bring up coverage (a mixture of being dedicated to ESN use and being open to regular mobile phone customers), and
- it also sounds like initial tests/trials have been somewhat successful to
-- a) prove the infrastructure (incl. giving priority to the ESN over regular mobile phone traffic) and
-- b) put some trial devices into the hands of some police to trial (not sure of the outcome of this).
Are there any folks here who might be able to add any other developments / news / commentary perhaps?
https://www.computerweekly.com/news...twork-progress-deeply-unsatisfactory-says-PAC
Doing some catch-up it sounds like:
- Samsung are to provide upto 250,000 handhelds (no mention of mobile/base?),
- Vodafone has ruffled some feathers in declaring that they plan to turn off existing infrastructure on 31/March/2020 (but have since agreed to supply some interim solution in the case that the ESN gets delayed),
- there have been some reports of masts popping up around the country to bring up coverage (a mixture of being dedicated to ESN use and being open to regular mobile phone customers), and
- it also sounds like initial tests/trials have been somewhat successful to
-- a) prove the infrastructure (incl. giving priority to the ESN over regular mobile phone traffic) and
-- b) put some trial devices into the hands of some police to trial (not sure of the outcome of this).
Are there any folks here who might be able to add any other developments / news / commentary perhaps?
https://www.computerweekly.com/news...twork-progress-deeply-unsatisfactory-says-PAC
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