Harris Stratex Networks Awarded Emergency Communications Network Wireless Transmission Contract by San Jose, California

Harris Stratex Networks has announced a new $9.1 million contract with the City of San Jose, California to engineer, install, integrate and provision the Emergency Communications (ECOMM) private microwave radio network. Under the terms of the agreement, Harris Stratex Networks also will supply full maintenance support and services for the ECOMM network during its first year of operation.

ECOMM is designed to support interoperable communications between law enforcement, fire protection and emergency medical services for 31 different agencies in 18 jurisdictions throughout Santa Clara County, California, including the City of San Jose. The ECOMM digital backbone will link a total of 14 different 911 call centers in the county, providing high-speed sharing of dispatch services, records databases and voice traffic, enabling first responders to improve local incident response times and better manage regional incidents. The project is funded by grants from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security. The Santa Clara contract represents the fourth multi-million dollar project involving Homeland Security funding won by Harris Stratex in the past 18 months in California's Bay Area.

"This innovative program developed by the SVRIP links agencies and entities throughout Santa Clara County with a high speed interoperability network that will improve communications, dispatch and response to all regional incidents, enhance information sharing and allow for many other important partners to add their systems at a future date," said Scott Seaman, Chief of Police of Los Gatos, California and Chairman of the SVRIP.