LA County Deployment Explained
At ASIS, the LA County police directly described their experience and use of their wireless video surveillance system using Firetide's mesh wireless routers. (Firetide first announced this deployment in June 2008).
LA County praised the high quality and fr...
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Other Updates on Firetide
Firetide Failing in Dallas on Mar 13, 2012
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Firetide Wireless Surveillance Review on Dec 20, 2011
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1000 Wireless Mesh Node Project Announced on Nov 11, 2009
Firetide has announced a 1000 wireless node project for the Seoul Korea subway system. Firetide c...
Examining Firetide's 5th Round of Funding on Oct 08, 2009
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900 Mhz Performance Field Test on Sep 08, 2009
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Revenue and Customer Testing Update on Aug 17, 2009
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Examining 900 Mhz Product Offering on Jun 29, 2009
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