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Articles tagged with: Fire Brigade
Tangled Wires Cause Phone Charger to Catch Fire
A mobile phone charger is being blamed for a fire in New Zealand that caused significant damage to a residential home. The Hamilton resident had apparently put his Sharp GX20 phone on charge for around half an hour when the charger caught fire. more
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Hong Kong Undreground Railway Extension Gets Mobile Phone Coverage
A major extension to Hong Kong's mass transit railway will feature another wireless communications network from wireless confined-coverage system solutions provider, Radio Frequency Engineering (RFE). Enlisted by mobile network operator, SmarTone-Vodafone, RFE will design, supply, install and commission a turnkey commercial wireless communications solution for the MTR's new LOHAS Park Station and tunnel extension. more
Related Tags: 3g, mobile-tv, wimax, eu, itu, vodafone, core-network, mts, cdma, iden, 1800mhz, gsm, network-management, trains, subway, railway, Hong Kong
Improving Radio Communications Along the Channel Tunnel Rail Link
European Antennas has said that it has been responsible for designing and manufactured antennas for Thales for use on Section 2 of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL) project between Fawkham Junction in Kent and the recently opened St Pancras International station in London. more
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Motorola unit aims to bill US$60mn from comms devices in 2007
US mobile handset manufacturer Motorola aims to secure US$60mn in revenues from communications device projects in 2007 compared to US$70mn last year, a senior Motorola Brasil executive told BNamericas. more
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Curitiba police select Motorola for modernization project
The Curitiba metropolitan police force has awarded US equipment manufacturer Motorola a contract as part of a 2mn-real (US$1mn) project to modernize its communications systems, tech news service B2B reported. more
Tunnel Accident Blamed on Mobile Phone Call
A truck driver talking on his cell phone while driving may be responsible for a tunnel accident in Melbourne's Burnley tunnel, which claimed the lives of three other motorists. Local newspaper reports say that an inquest being held today will cite phone call records showing that the truck driver was using his phone just seconds before the accident which caused a fireball to erupt in the middle of the tunnel last month. more
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Malawi Operator Crippled by HQ Fire
A fire at the headquarters of Celtel Malawi has crippled the network, and lead to a mass exodus of customers to rival operator, Telekom Networks Malawi (TNM) - who are now themselves suffering from network congestion. Reports in local media are suggesting that the fire broke out at Celtel House at the weekend, and was made worse by delays in calling the fire services. more
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AlanDick Gets Tunnel Vision in Malaysia
AlanDick says that it has developed and installed a unique cellular, emergency service and maintenance radio solution for a motorway tunnel system in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that duals as a massive storm drain during flash floods. The company has developed two separate radio communications systems for the Storm Water Management and Road Tunnel (SMART), being constructed by the Government of Malaysia. It is installing an emergency services and maintenance communications system in the city road tunnel in Kuala Lumpur, along with a multi-operator 2G and 3G cellular communications system for traffic using the motorway. more
Related Tags: 800mhz, digi, celcom, fibre-optic, storm
Recharging batteries in a microwave oven
Australia's The Advertiser newspaper has reported that a Scarborough, Perth man was lucky to escape unharmed after he attempted to recharge his mobile phone - in a microwave phone. more
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UK emergency service to accept SMS alerts
The UK's West Midlands Police is launching an SMS based service for the deaf, hard-of-hearing and speech impaired, to help them contact the police in an emergency. The new service follows a survey carried out with the Birmingham Institute of the Deaf (BID), which showed 98% of hearing impaired people use SMS text messaging, and 85% would like to use the service to contact the police. more
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