Archive for January 9th, 2009

Tait Radio Communications announced today it has been selected by Marathon

County, Wisconsin to engineer and install a new 13 site radio system. Tait proposed

a TaitNet® APCO P25 multicast system with DES encryption capability and voting. In

addition, Tait will supply a TaitNet® QS2 narrowband analog simulcast system to

offer Marathon County seamless integration between analog and digital radio.

Marathon Sheriff and other county law enforcement agencies expect to migrate to a

P25 VHF system with DES-OFB encryption for ease of interoperable

communications within the County. The project will include replacement and

improvements to the County’s Sheriff, fire and other radio communications systems

that are used by law enforcement, fire, emergency medical and other designated

county support organizations.

In April 2008, Marathon County issued a Request for Proposals to qualifying vendors

soliciting a county-wide multicast/simulcast VHF public safety radio system. The

intent of Marathon County was to choose a vendor capable of supplying radio

equipment with a customized design, installation and thorough testing to provide

various agencies within Marathon County with a voice radio system.

At the heart of the 13 site TaitNet® solution were the TB9100 and TB8100 base

stations that have industry leading monitoring and alarm functions accessible

remotely through Customer Service Software (CSS). With redundant node features

and flexibility the TB9100 and TB8100 provide the level of redundancy to meet

Marathon’s operational and budgetary needs. Tait TP9100 P25 portables and

TM9155 mobiles are also part of the system solution.

“Tait is pleased to have Marathon County join the growing list of public safety

agencies that have chosen Tait for our excellent products, network capabilities and

outstanding overall value in today’s P25 marketplace” says, Scott Skibness, Vice

President of Strategic Sales.

The TB9100 and all the other Tait P25 products are available through GSA and

WSCA. For more information visit us.taitworld.com or e-mail info@taitmobile.com.

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About Tait Radio Communications

Tait Radio Communications is a global leader in designing and delivering radio

solutions which are the right fit for a variety of industries including; public safety

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agencies, government services, utilities and urban transport providers. Across the

world, users of Tait products and services are better able to protect themselves and

the public, be more responsive and more efficient.

While several corporate functions are based in Christchurch, New Zealand, the

company prides itself on its international customer base and global support network.

The company works with a network of sales/ support offices, dealers, system

integrators and consultants that spans the globe.

For further information, please contact:

Paul Middleton

VP of Marketing

Tait Radio Communications

15740 Park Row, Suite 450

Houston, Texas 77084

P. 281.829.3300 Ext. 8261

paul.middleton@taitmobile.com

www.taitworld.com

(Mclean, VA) Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) has announced that Public Safety 800 MHz applications for the newly released Sprint Nextel channels can be submitted to EWA immediately for coordination starting January 14, 2009. As of January 29, 2009, the FCC will begin accepting Public Safety applications for the 800 MHz Sprint Nextel vacated spectrum. Upon receipt of an application, EWA will review the FCC Vacated Channel Search Engine and confirm availability of the spectrum in the requested area. There is a limit of five channels per fixed site per application.

EWA will also offer reports on availability of Sprint Nextel vacated spectrum in a requested area. There are no FCC filing fees for Public Safety Applications. EWA coordination fees are $250 per frequency pair per site and application preparation is $175, with reports on vacated spectrum available for $100. Applications can be submitted to ila.dudley@enterprisewireless.org and questions addressed at 1-800-482-8282.

Channel capacity is in the 809-809.5/854-854.5 MHz band (Channels 231-250) and spectrum is available in the majority of non-border National Public Safety Planning Advisory Committee (NPSPAC) regions.

EWA will be hosting an informational conference call on January 9th to discuss questions and procedures with members and non-members. Call 1-800-482-8282 by 5 p.m. EST January 8th for access information to the conference call.

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EWA is an FCC-certified frequency advisory committee serving enterprise, technology providers and communications service organizations with advocacy, licensing, spectrum management and technical consulting services.