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| telent to Enhance Police Safety in London telent has been selected to provide the Metropolitan Police with cutting-edge technology that will enhance the safety of the Service's 31,000 officers. The deployment of the technology – an Automated Personal Location System (APLS) – is one of the largest of its kind in the world. The APLS will enable operators in the Service's operations centres to identify the location of each police officer. telent is to act as the primary contractor for the APLS and will design the system, install it and roll it out across the Metropolitan Police Service by July 2008. telent will work with Frequentis, a specialist in communication and information systems for safety-critical areas, to deliver the contract. Together the two companies have worked with the Metropolitan Police Service since June 2005, during which time they have delivered an Integrated Communications Control Service (ICCS) for the Metropolitan Police Service and currently provide a maintenance contract which runs until 2014. Approved by the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) to provide telecommunications solutions, telent works with emergency services across the UK. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Networking News :: home page |