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Articles tagged with: London and Police
London Transport Decides Against Mobile Phone Coverage on Underground Platforms
london's underground railway network has decided to delay long-planned implementations of mobile phone coverage on the network, citing a lack of "credible proposals" from suppliers. more
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T-Mobile Advert Spoof Closes Train Station
london's Liverpool Street train station was overrun by a "flash mob" of dancers on Friday evening after an estimated 12,000 people arrived to recreate a dance featured in a current T-Mobile advertising campaign. more
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City of London Police Accepting SMS Requests for Help
The police force covering the UK's City of london has launched an SMS service, which will allow people in the City to use their mobile phones to contact the police in non-emergency situations. The SMS service is aimed mainly at people that have hearing or speech impediments but it is available to all City residents. more
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London Underground Gets Emergency Radio Network
A TETRA based radio network is now working across the entire of london's underground railway network - it was announced today. The Airwave system - will be made available to the police initially, and later to other emergency services and was a key recommendation of the report following the terrorist attacks in london a couple of years ago. more
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3G Network Used to Backhaul CCTV to Control Centre
london's public transport authority, TfL has launched a security camera trial on some of its buses which will transmit live images back to a central control centre. The network is being provided by 21st Century CCTV and will rely on a 3G network for the backhaul from the buses to the control centre. more
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Australian Bomb Detonated by Mobile Phone Claim
It has been alleged that a home made bomb which killed an Australian scientist, Dr Lionel Lowe earlier this year was triggered by a mobile phone command. In a court hearing, it was alleged that fitter machinist Ashley Wright, 26 had constructed the bomb - although a motive has not been provided. more
UK Police Testing Wireless Handheld Fingerprint Scanners
A mobile fingerprinting trial by the UK's police force has been expanded to include a further ten regional police forces. The project, called Lantern, is managed by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) and was initially rolled-out to 10 forces last year. more
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100,000 SMSs Sent to Order Taxi Cabs in London
london's transport body has reported that over 100,000 texts from people looking for a safe journey home in a licensed minicab or taxi were sent in 2007, tripling the number of Cabwise requests in the two years since its launch. more
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Phone Crime Falls in UK Capital
The UK's Metropolitan Police has reported that mobile phone crime in london has fallen significantly over the last three years. The london-based National Mobile Phone Crime Unit (NMPCU) was set up in December 2003 with Home Office funding to combat street crime and the number of mobile phones stolen during these incidents. Run by the Met, the unit tackles those involved in mobile phone criminality, focusing on the handlers, re-programmers and exporters of stolen mobile phones. more
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Terrorist Attack Report Finds Telecom Services Need Improving
A report into last years terrorist bombing attacks in london has called for more robust telecoms networks which can more reliably survive the huge surge in use that a major incident such as that caused. The new report from the UK's Home Office found that when the bombs exploded in london last year, there were incredible acts of bravery by the emergency services, volunteers, and members of the public - but there are still lessons to be learned. more
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