UK emergency services take DIY approach amid 12-year wait for comms upgrade
The UK's police, fire, and ambulance services are scrambling for solutions amid an uncertain wait for the Emergency Services Network following Motorola's departure from a £400 million contract.
Speaking to the Public Accounts Committee, Ben Norman, deputy chief fire officer of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, said while ESN had been effectively paused, there was a risk that alternatives to the current Airwave system would become"embedded." Chris Lucas, senior user of NHS Ambulance Radio Programme, told the public spending watchdog that services were implementing data solutions based on LTE.
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