Highways Agency extends contract with Airwave
The Highways Agency has signed a 36-month extension on its existing Airwave contract. This ensures that it is able to continue secure communications with its colleagues using Airwaves Emergency Services Network (ESN) and to interoperate with all the emergency services in Great Britain.
The Highways Agency has signed a 36-month extension on its existing Airwave contract. This ensures that it is able to continue secure communications with its colleagues using Airwaves Emergency Services Network (ESN) and to interoperate with all the emergency services in Great Britain.
The £8.1 million contract was officially signed at the end of last year and came into immediate effect.
The Highways Agency has used Airwaves ESN since 2005 to manage traffic and tackle congestion. In order to communicate with control rooms and other agencies and partners, especially during a crisis, the Agency needs resilient systems in place.
Every Highways Agency patrol vehicle is equipped with an Airwave radio programmed with the shared channels (talk groups) to monitor incidents as they happen. This means that when officers arrive at an incident they are already fully briefed.
