It has been averred in the recent days that the Dansk Beredskabskommunikation A/S, a subsidiary of Motorola, has been selected by the Danish Government as the most favored supplier for a nationwide public safety communications service. It has also been announced in this regard that the 10-year 'build-own-operate' contract is worth something like 1.6bn DKK (US $289m).

Motorola is renowned throughout the world for its innovative techniques and leadership in wireless and broadband communications. Being inspired by the vision of Seamless Mobility, the name of Motorola has become synonymous to get and stay connected simply and seamlessly to the people, information, and entertainment. The company excels in this by designing and delivering "must have" products, "must do" experiences, and powerful networks -- along with a full complement of support services.

The network is called SINE [1] and is destined to advance collaboration and integration among an assortment of public safety agencies of Denmark, over which there is an aspiration that in turn it will enable efficient incident response and also to facilitate in increasing the security and safety for Danish citizens. It is also expected that in due course it will reinstate replace more than 100 independent radio networks that are at present being used by Denmark's public safety services. In addition being the dutiful service providers in this 10 year 'build-own-operate' indenture both of Dansk Beredskabskommunikation A/S and Motorola are accountable for the smooth progress of the equipment supply, rollout, installation and continuing procedure of the nationwide network that shall be on the basis of the Dimetra IP technology of Motorola as a managed service.

There is also the relevant info that for making it certain that innovative network in due course will come across user requirements sufficient measures have been taken in close cooperation with representatives from future user groups.
 
While speaking on the occasion Henrik Pinholt, the Director of the Danish Agency for Governmental Management said, "We've learned from other countries that the implementation of a shared public safety network is an extremely complex task. The dialog with users during the implementation process is a prerequisite for success," "We are pleased to have completed the tender process and to have implementation of the shared network underway," he said.