Contents
O
pening
this issue
of Land Mo-
bile, you will
have already
noticed our
new look, a
product of our recent change
of ownership. It’s the work of
October 2009 Volume 16 Number 10 our production director Rich-
ard Hamshere, and I hope you
will fi nd it pleasing and easy to
navigate.
Also in this issue (pages 12–
13), you will see details of an-
other innovation, in the form
of a forthcoming conference
to be co-sponsored by this
magazine – our fi rst for some
years – on the subject of wire-
In action 27 less technologies in healthcare.
Smalll stuff, big stuff
Despite the UK health sector’s
somewhat dispiriting experi-
Richard Lambley visits
ence of IT projects in recent
Warwickshire Police times, we believe that wireless
to fi nd why the
applications now have much
broad brush approach
to contribute, especially in the
fast evolving and highly inno-
to data deployments
vative fi eld of short-range com-
doesn’t work
munications.
Elsewhere in our pages
News
For a successful telemetry application,
this month, we take a look at
says Alan Wood, making the right
some other highly active areas
Putting a value on the digital dividend – of radio innovation, including
technology choices is critical 24
and fi nding frequencies to support the
wireless portable computing,
London Olympics 4
machine-to-machine devices,
Telematics
vehicle telematics and fi eld
Switching on
Richard Horsman shows how the focus
service.
in vehicle tracking technology has
Communications support for one of the
changed as new capabilities have
Richard Lambley
year’s most challenging outdoor events;
improved fl eet visibility 32
Editor
and an all-in-one wireless gateway for
university students 7
Mobile projects
Digital
Julie Purves considers the project lifecycle Land Mobile is published by:
and the process of engineering change
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Wireless machines
Production director: Richard Hamshere
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A selection of some of the latest rugged
Rob Bruce discusses the experience of Managing director: Mark Allen
computers and the uses to which they
creating a shared wireless infrastructure
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