Gothenburg, Sweden (PRWEB) November 12, 2008 --
Icomera AB, the world's leading provider of cellular broadband gateways,
has announced that its Moovbox technology has been selected to provide
real-time communications for a major trial of live CCTV on London buses
to improve public safety.
21st Century CCTV, a division of TG21 plc, has
equipped twenty-one double-decker buses in North London with the
technology, which allows live images to be transmitted to a central
control centre shared by officers from TfL and the Metropolitan Police's
Transport Operational Command Unit. The six-month trial on behalf of
Transport for London (TfL) will monitor and analyse the use of the
technology to decide whether it can help deal with incidents on buses
more effectively.
The LIVEview system installed on each
bus comprises a ProGuard digital video recorder (DVR) developed by 21st
Century CCTV, connected to a Moovbox M200 Mobile Broadband Gateway from
Icomera. Cameras fitted inside and outside the bus record images
continuously to disk but the new Moovbox technology means the driver can
activate a high-speed link whereby operators can view live or recorded
footage in real time. The TfL deployment is the first stage of a major
initiative by 21st Century CCTV and Icomera to offer live mobile video
streaming technology to municipalities and transport operators for
public safety applications.
"Transmitting CCTV streams is a
bandwidth-intensive task," said Ola Sjölin, Icomera CEO. "Our mobile
gateways employ patented switching and load balancing technology that
leverages multiple cellular backhaul links to provide the fastest
possible connection for public safety applications such as this. Our
relationship with 21st Century CCTV brings together two market leaders
to create a best-of-breed solution ideally suited to intensive,
mission-critical applications such as that Transport for London is
trialing."
"We chose the Icomera Moovbox M200
gateway for this project after careful evaluation," said David Dent,
Managing Director of 21st Century CCTV. "The Moovbox has a proven track
record of successful deployments with some of the world's largest
transport operators, many of whom also use our ProGuard DVR technology
for in-vehicle security. We are delighted to be launching an initiative
with Icomera to bring this joint solution to market, and look forward to
the opportunities we expect will arise following the announcement of the
TfL trials."
The LIVEview system is available
through 21st Century CCTV and selected channel partners worldwide.
