London`s Metropolitan Police puts its faith in FREQUENTIS
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London`s Metropolitan Police puts its faith in FREQUENTIS
FREQUENTIS PRESS RELEASE London/Vienna, November 2014 London’s Metropolitan Police puts its faith in FREQUENTIS Collaboration is the key Procured from Frequentis in 2005 and fully operational since early 2007 the Met Police’s Integrated Communication Control System (ICCS) is in daily use handling all the vital radio transmissions that underpin thousands of mission critical policing operations each year. Originally supporting Met Control Room and Special Operations Room staff at over 500 working positions, the Met ICCS was extended and enhanced in preparation for the successful London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games demonstrating its flexibility and value. In addition to radio capability, the ICCS additionally facilitates access to and management of the Met’s significant CCTV resources. The Met Police ICCS is based on Frequentis’ VCS 3020 platform which is in widespread use globally in support of Public Safety, Air Traffic Management, Defence, Maritime and Public Transport. Also covered by the new contract is the Met’s Automatic Personnel Location System (APLS) designed by Frequentis that allows the location of field based officers to be reported and displayed within Met Control Rooms and elsewhere to support the dispatch decision, improve officer safety and inform new operational processes. This new contract will be delivered by Frequentis as prime contractor with its service partner telent Technology Services Ltd and has a continuous improvement ethos through collaborative working at its core. Reflecting on the contract award Managing Director for Frequentis UK operations, John Gurney, said: “This contract award comes at a fascinating moment in the development of UK Public Safety telecommunications and Frequentis is very proud and pleased to be able to continue its 9 year partnership with the Met through this critical period of change.” About FREQUENTIS Frequentis AG – headquartered in Vienna, Austria - is an international supplier of communication and information systems for control centres with safety-critical tasks. These 'Control Centre Solutions' are developed and distributed by Frequentis in the business segments Air Traffic Management (civil and military air traffic control, air defence) and Public Safety & Transport (police, fire and rescue services, emergency medical services, shipping, railways). The company is the global market leader in communication systems for air traffic control and aeronautical information systems. Frequentis represents more than 65 years of innovation and expertise in mission-critical applications. With customers in over 115 countries worldwide and subsidiaries and offices in more than 50 countries, the company generated revenues of EUR 195 million in 2013 (EBIT EUR 9.2 million). For more information, please visit www.frequentis.com Frequentis AG, Innovationsstraße 1, 1100 Vienna, Austria Alexa Billensteiner, Corporate Communications, [email protected], phone: +43 1 81150-1437, fax: +43 1 81150-77-1437 Page 1 / 2 FREQUENTIS PRESS RELEASE Frequentis UK Limited, Regal House, 70 London Road, Twickenham, TW1 3QS, England Agatha le Geyt, Office Manager, [email protected], phone: +44 20 88911518 About telent Technology Services Ltd – for more information, please visit www.telent.com About the MPS – for more information, please visit http://www.met.police.uk/ MPS press office contact: 24-hour Press Bureau at New Scotland Yard on 020 7230 2171 Page 2 / 2