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Motorola’s Canopy™ Wireless
Broadband Deployed in Boston For Support During
DNC
Police Increased Security
Measures With Canopy Wireless Broadband
Network
SCHAUMBURG, Ill., Aug. 3, 2004
– When the Boston Police Department sought added security measures during
the July 26-29 Democratic National Convention, it turned to Community WISP,
Inc., a wireless Internet service and network provider in the greater Boston
area.
Community WISP previously set up a
wireless security network along the parade route in downtown Boston in February
when the New England Patriots were honored for winning the SuperBowl. Security
for the national political convention was more demanding and involved more
agencies and departments.
Robert Zakarian,
president of Community WISP (www.communitywisp.com),
welcomed the challenge and worked with the local police department to install
video surveillance cameras atop 10 downtown office buildings. The pan-zoom
cameras operated from a central command center. Real-time video was sent to the
command center via Motorola’s Canopy wireless broadband
radios.
“Motorola is a trusted name among
law enforcement agencies, and the Canopy wireless broadband products again
proved to be extremely reliable, robust, interference tolerant, secure and easy
to install,” said Zakarian. “The police department liked the added
wireless security system enough during the SuperBowl parade to invite us back
for another major event.”
Separately,
during the Democratic National Convention, the Massachusetts Highway Department
enlisted Community WISP to wirelessly connect nine video cameras already
installed along the Southeastern Expressway in Boston to monitor traffic in a
convertible high occupancy vehicle (HOV)
lane.
“The system worked very
well,” said Christopher Costello, systems project manager with Edwards and
Kelcey, the MassHighway subcontractor responsible for the network. “We
had nine existing cameras on T1 lines and MassHighway was in the process of
relocating video feed from one facility to another and we needed to get it done
in the last minute. Community WISP was able to convert all nine camera sites to
wireless and to the new location.”
In a
third Canopy wireless broadband deployment centered around the Democratic
National Convention, Community WISP was contracted by a local television news
outlet to provide live video feeds from four traffic bottleneck locations. News
stations that normally had traffic reporters providing live traffic information
from helicopters were grounded because of the no-fly restrictions placed over
the greater Boston area during the
convention.
“What is evidenced by these
successful deployments is that wireless broadband continues to make in-roads in
a number of areas, including security operations, surveillance, voice over
Internet protocol and video applications. Community WISP and companies like it
are able to compete with traditional wired alternatives in providing permanent
or temporary secure, reliable Internet connectivity and data services,”
said Tom Hulsebosch, senior director of sales and marketing for Motorola’s
Canopy Wireless Broadband group.
About
Motorola’s Canopy wireless
broadband
Motorola’s Canopy wireless
broadband is an always-on, high-speed broadband solution for cost-effective
connectivity to private networks, such as governments or enterprises and to
Internet service providers and carriers. The Canopy system’s superior
performance promises one of the lowest total costs of ownership and can
significantly reduce a provider's start-up, maintenance and leased-line costs.
The Canopy point-to-point and point-to-multipoint system configurations are
being deployed in more than 85 countries around the world. For more information,
visit www.motorola.com/canopy
and the online magazine Connections at www.connectwithcanopy.com.
About
Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is a
global leader in wireless, broadband and automotive communications technologies
that help make life smarter, safer, simpler, synchronized and fun. Sales in
2003 were US $27.1 billion. Motorola creates innovative technological solutions
that benefit people at home, at work and on the move. The company also is a
progressive corporate citizen dedicated to operating ethically, protecting the
environment and supporting the communities in which it does
business.
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Contacts:
Motorola Canopy Wireless Broadband
contact:
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+1
(847) 576-5776
Sue.Moore@motorola.com
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Kelly+LoDestro Global
Relations
+1 (630) 761-0700
office
+1 (630) 650-6730 mobile
Roderick@kellylodestro.com
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All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners.
© Motorola, Inc. 2004.
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