Miami-Dade County, Florida, has selected Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, to upgrade the county’s public safety and public service communications system as part of an overall communications project for the county.
The project will provide the county with a new Harris P25IP (Project 25 to the power of Internet Protocol) 800 MHz radio communications system, and also includes radio terminals for the county to comply with the FCC’s (Federal Communications Commission) rebanding mandate (FCC 04-168). The new standards-based system will bring the county greater functionality on a flexible system platform.
“When this project is complete, the county will have a modern, standards-based digital radio communications system that will last us well into the future and provide considerable cost-savings, ” said Felix Perez, Division Director, Radio, Enterprise Technology Services Department, Miami-Dade County. “Our current EDACS® system has served us well for more than 18 years, but the FCC mandate and the trend towards P25 standard equipment led us to upgrade and modernize our radio communications infrastructure. Harris is the ideal partner for this project because its solution ensures a seamless transition with minimal downtime. Miami-Dade will have a reliable, modern P25 800 MHz radio system that will improve interoperability among our first responders and other radio system users.”
