Private Mobile Network for New UK Centre for Development of Intelligent Transport Innovations

Published 4th February 2010

Private Mobile Network for New UK Centre for Development of Intelligent Transport Innovations

~ InnovITS – ADVANCE select GSM-based private wireless office ~

North Yorkshire, UK – 28th January 2010 – TeleWare, the leading provider of intelligent communication solutions to businesses and service providers, today announced the new deployment of a Private Mobile Network for innovITSADVANCE. Private Mobile Networks Ltd (a wholly-owned subsidiary of the TeleWare Group), has designed, developed and will implement a cellular-based private communications network that meets the communication needs of the facility. The solution is due to go live within 6 months.

The Private Mobile Network provides comprehensive communications for the testing and validating of the next generation of systems connecting vehicles and highways.

innovITSADVANCE is an international research and development centre for connecting vehicles, highways and telecommunications. This world class technical facility is the result of a unique collaboration between innovITS, TRL and MIRA, with £6.5million funding support provided by Advantage West Midlands.

The new facility will enable customers from the telecommunications, automotive and electronics industries, as well as highways authorities and operators, to develop, test and validate future transport technologies in a safe and highly controlled environment. innovITSADVANCE aims to reduce accidents, improve environmental efficiency and help to alleviate traffic congestion through the efficient and intelligent use of vehicles and highway infrastructure by facilitating innovation in cooperative vehicle, highway and telecommunications technologies.

“innovITS ADVANCE is a world class facility that will help research and development in this crucial area,” explained John Chatfield, Technical Programme Manager for innovITS Ltd. “PMN was selected for the mobile network for communications in the facility because they offered the special communications systems required for this facility.”

About innovITS
InnovITS are the UK centre for excellence in transport telematics and technology for sustainable mobility.
Our VISION is for the UK to be a global centre of excellence for ITS.
Our MISSION is to help the United Kingdom to become a leading centre of excellence in transport telematics for sustainable mobility through recognition of innovITS as the UK gateway for industry expertise in the ITS field.
innovITS will achieve this through:
• analysis of UK and world ITS markets,
• creation of networks including a high quality website,
• promotion of best practice,
• co-ordination of collaborative projects and
• high quality advice to UK industry.
innovITS was established in 2005 in response to recommendations from the Automotive Innovation & Growth Team (AIGT) with funding from what was then the UK DTI, now the department for Business Innovations and Skills.
www.innovITS.com

About TeleWare

TeleWare is the leading UK supplier of intelligent communications solutions provided as packaged and tailored application software. TeleWare’s applications are delivered as on-premise, hosted or managed services to all sizes of businesses. TeleWare customers include over 23% of the FTSE 100 and approaching 21% of the top 1000 blue chip national and multinational companies.

TeleWare’s applications provide business communications solutions for mobility, personal contact management, messaging and call distribution and control. Unparalleled interoperability enables seamless integration with a wide range of PBX and application vendors. A commitment to open standards ensures flexibility, freedom and choice.

TeleWare is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, has certification for the quality standard ISO9001/2008 TickIT and has been awarded the Investors in People national standard for training and development of its employees to achieve its business goals.
www.teleware.com

About Private Mobile Networks (PMN)

Private Mobile Networks provides private GSM network solutions for a variety of deployment scenarios including: in building coverage, remote sites, GSM infill situations and rapid deployment applications. PMN offers a viable alternative to DECT and PMR for in-building solutions and delivers fixed mobile convergence solutions to business users.
www.privatemobilenetworks.com
www.privatemobileoffice.com

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