For People Who Make Smart Choices
ianews / March 2011 / Page 3
Icom America Inc.
2380 116th Ave NE
Bellevue, WA 98004
Phone: (425) 454-8155
Fax: (425) 454-1509
Customer Service: (425) 454-7619
Icom America Systems
Phone: (425) 586-6363
Fax: (425) 586-6321
[email protected]
Baltimore Dealer & System Owner Gains
Channels, Functionality and Clients with IDAS
™
In December 2010, Bruce Pellicot of
Howard Communications built the first
IDAS trunking system in Baltimore, to
serve his clients communication needs.
Though he has built and maintained
complex communication systems for the
past 25 years, this system, using Icom
FR6000 repeaters, is literally a bridge to
the future of communication. And for at
least one client, the future couldn’t come
soon enough.
“I got a frantic call from a client,” Bruce
explains, “saying ‘we need a 2-way sys-
tem now.’ So we talked about everything
from efficiency to reach to security, and
it was clear that we needed to get digital
and start trunking, and that’s what we
did.”
Like many people, Bruce’s client,
Veolia Transportation in Baltimore, had
pieced together a system using Nextels
and mobile phones. As a company that
operates fleets of both taxicabs and
paratransit
vehicles,
efficiency
can
literally be a matter of life and death for
Veolia. As such, dealing with dead spots,
lost calls, dead batteries, talk-time fees
and static on the line is more than just an
inconvenience.
However, just getting new analog
devices seemed pointless, as Bruce
points out that the digital transition is both
inevitable and a smart business decision.
“I have talked to other dealers, and it is
clear that we’re headed all digital. The
FCC is making everyone go narrowband
anyway, but digital takes it another step.
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Beyond just spectral ef-
ficiency, this IDAS trunked
digital system offers features
like complete privacy, GPS
functionality, limitless talk
time, text, and nearly infinite
scalability.
