MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Public safety and municipal agencies in Wisconsin's Rock County are getting an interoperable communications system through a contract to Raytheon.
The system will be a 20-site conventional P25 digital land mobile radio system, providing seamless communications in the county, which spans more than 700 miles in the south-central portion of the state.
"Because of the upcoming Narrowband Mandate, our vendor, General Communications of Madison, Wis., recommended Raytheon's P25net system," said Dave Sleeter, director of Rock County Communications Center. "We currently have an analog VHS conventional voted system and were looking to continue utilizing our installed bases and receivers.
"Raytheon's system will allow us to convert our existing equipment to P25 conventional voting at a fraction of the price of replacing all of our equipment."
The P25net system provides more than 100 channels with voting, multicast and simulcast technologies to provide communications for police, fire, EMS, sheriff, transportation and municipal city workers
Raytheon said its communications solution will promote customer choice, enabling cities to acquire their P25 subscriber units as budgets allow from their preferred vendor.
Raytheon will be responsible for system design, equipment, installation, testing, training, warranty and maintenance services.
