RE: re; News, Gaining Momentum8 Aug 2018 12:19
Even the UK has territorys that need high quality Avanti services, End user customer is the UK goverment in this example.
Zoom in on the truck and see the antenna linking EE 4g voice and data to the EE core via Hylas satellite as well as drone control via the 4g link provided via satellite.
The contents of the link are below:
https://www.governmentcomputing.com/emergency-services/news/ee-puts-esn-4g-response-vehicles-good-use-saddleworth-moor-fire
The Emergency Services Network (ESN) may be some way behind schedule but some of the 4G technology designed for it has already being used in anger in the recent fire on Saddleworth Moor.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue and other fire crews attending to the recent wildfires across the moor were helped by the introduction of 4G mobile coverage, the technology at the heart of ESN, including the use of 4G ‘rapid response vehicles’ (RRV) from ESN network services provider EE.
The fire at Saddleworth Moor was only finally extinguished in the last few days, three weeks after it was declared a major incident.
The blaze, at its peak, was described as “one of the busiest periods that Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service has ever experienced”, with at one point, the Army drafted in to assist. It started on June 24 and covered an area of seven square miles at its peak.
To keep fire crews connected, the local emergency services used an EE RRV to introduce coverage to the moors for the first time.
The response vehicles were developed to provide new or replacement 4G coverage for ESN with a fleet of them to be stationed across Britain, ready to be deployed to provide emergency coverage for ESN where necessary.
The 4×4 off road vehicle, designed by EE and its parent BT’s Emergency Response Team, carried an extendable 4G mobile tower to provide temporary mobile coverage for the Saddleworth Moor fire crews.
The crews used the rapid response vehicles to communicate, as well as a 4G-connected drone to survey the burn radius.
Samantha Melville from Greater Manchester Combined Authority said, “There are multiple teams out here, covering fires across an enormous area – staying connected is vital, and we simply couldn’t do that without the new coverage that EE has deployed.”
Rich Templeman, head of ESN Operations at EE, said, “This is a great example of how we will be able to use the fleet of Rapid Response Vehicles when ESN is live. The operational areas for incidents like this can be beyond the road coverage that exists today, and this is one great solution for that.”
Meanwhile, the Home Office is hoping to complete work on its review into ESN by the end of this month. The review’s conclusions are then likely to see scrutiny by the Public Accounts Committee with a National Audit Office review expected to follow.