WiFi-CityWide is the engineering and integration operator for the project. Their parent company, Baja Wireless, operates a 250 square mile Wi-Fi network in Ensenada and Rosarito Beach, Baja California. InfiNet Wireless, a provider of broadband wireless access (BWA) equipment in Eastern Europe and recent entrant to the North American market, is providing the wireless connectivity for both the public safety and the Wi-Fi portions of the network. InfiNet Wireless will provide network connectivity equipment in a variety of configurations including 4.9GHz and 2.4GHz mesh, 5.8GHz backhaul and 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radios.
Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Public Safety Services group, will operate the public safety portion of the network, as well as provide the customer and technical support services. Charter Business, which provides broadband communications solutions to Riverside businesses, will be provisioning the bandwidth necessary for the pilot demonstration.
"The collaboration of these best-in-class technology companies will support Riverside's vision of building an affordable municipal wireless broadband network in combination with a public safety communication network," said Mike Doble, CEO of Public Safety Broadband, the solution architect for the pilot project. "The demonstration incorporates several applications for fixed, nomadic and mobile users."
