Arcadian Networks and DVTel Partner to Deliver IP-Based Remote Surveillance

Arcadian Networks, Inc., a privately held, mission-critical, wireless, telecommunications carrier, announced the certification of select DVTel IP-based remote video surveillance and monitoring products today. With this announcement, organizations with a need to secure and monitor remote sites and assets (such as electric utility substations, oil field well heads, supply depots and equipment warehouses) can do so in real-time, wirelessly from virtually anywhere across the Arcadian Networks broadband service area.

"Critical infrastructure industries such as electric utilities, oil and gas companies, and water utilities have a tremendous need to ensure the physical security of their dispersed, remote assets and facilities", said Gil Perez, president and chief executive officer of Arcadian Networks. "For the first time these industries will be able to cost-effectively deploy state-of- the-art video surveillance technology via a private, wireless IP-network at a fraction of the cost of alternative terrestrial methods."

Since the US Federal Government Energy Policy Act of 2005, regulatory bodies such as the NERC and FERC have been calling for tighter security controls over the nation's critical infrastructure in an effort to make vital national interests more impervious to malicious attacks and resilient to natural disasters. Additionally, the US Federal Department of Homeland Security as well as town, county, and state first responders such as police and fire prevention authorities have sought new tools and technologies to better monitor high-risk targets. With the combined solution from Arcadian Networks and DVTel, critical infrastructure companies and those organizations that seek to protect these companies now have a cost-effective, elegant approach to rapidly deploy IP-based video surveillance and access control solutions.

"We're pleased that our products have passed the certification criteria employed by Arcadian Networks and can now be offered to any organization within Arcadian Networks 23 state communication service territory," said Eli Gorovici, DVTel president and chief executive officer. "Our combined offering will deliver greater levels of physical access control, security and surveillance to highly important end user markets, by leveraging our combined state-of-the-art systems and mission-critical capabilities."

The combined solution has already been successfully deployed and promises to reduce the cost of field security, operations and management, while improving field technician safety. Additionally, reductions in acts of vandalism, theft and malicious behavior will further help reduce costs and improve insurance premiums.

DVTel says it is leading the transition from closed, proprietary security systems to open, standards-based IP platforms. According to company literature, they are the solution of choice worldwide for mission critical and enterprise level installations because of their unified command and control operating platform. Their systems are found in thousands of installations around the globe.