Customer Highlights

Challenges - Meet renewable energy target - Reduce peak demand while not constraining city's strong economy

Solution - Using AMI, enables conservation program that are drive by unique customer profiles - System can adjust thermostat in homes and businesses to reduce peak demand without rolling blackouts - Tropos wireless network inftastructure connects meter data to utility applications through the city's fiber optic network

Results - Improved utilities service, with faster respoinse times to outages - Reduced peak load for electricity will reduce costs and help meet state mandates - Wireless network in place for future public service and public safety applications

Systems and Services - Tropos Networks MetroMesh 5210 Routers - SmartSync Elster A3 ALPHA Wi-Fi SmartMeter - Solana Technologies System Design and Integration

Customer Highlights

Challenges - Inefficient manual utility meter reading and inaccuracies due to human err - High-speed access to critical data by public safety worker from anywhere around the town

Solution - Reliable, secure and cost-effective citywide network that can be leveraged for multiple applications - Real-time mobile access to all central police records and criminal databases as well as building blueprints and hazmat data for firefighters - Ability to file reports from laptops in police cars - Free Wi-Fi access at commnity parks

Results - Fast installation with 15 square miles of metro Wi-Fi network deployed and operational in one week - Police officers expect to save several hous per week with the ability to access critical data in the field - Fire personnel have access to critical data in minutes, enablig them to be more responsive and effective in fighting fires - Utility AMR is expected to reduce mobile meter reader staff and increase accuracies; application payback, 7-8 years

Systems and Services - Tropos Networks 5210 and 4210 routers - Consulting Services Group (CSGData): System Integration

Customer Highlights

Challenges - Quell rising crime rate and improve police efficiencies

Solution - IP video cameras installed in key locations throughout the city providing real-time visibility for crowd control and crimes in-process, reducing police response time - Mobile police officer access to key centralized records enabling faster identification of potentially dangerous or wanted suspects - Field officers' ability to file reports from the field keeps them in the community more of the time

Result - Faster response time, more efficient and effective police department improvivng public safety within budget constraints - Each camera is like having an extra officer on the street - Video of crimes enabling faster, less expensive prosecution of cases

Systems and Services - Tropos Networks MetroMesh 4210 and 5210 routers - Axis Communication: IP video cameras - On-Net Surveillance Systems: Intelligent video monitoring - NetMethods: System integration

Customer Highlights

Challenges - Up to 15 percent of utility bills were estimated because readers couldn't access meters, leading to customer complaints - Correcting Electrical outages took too long because it depended on customers to report problems

Solution - AMR / AMI delivers accurate, real-time access to customers' meters - Utility operations can pinpoint problems immediately, reducing repair time-power outage locations; potential water leaks, etc. - Tropos wireless network infrastructure connects meter data collector units into city fiber optic network

Results - City expects a net savings of $18.7 million over a 15-year period - Improved utilities service and lower operating costs - Wireless network in place for future public service and public safety applications

Systems and Services - Tropos Networks MetroMesh 5210 routers - Aclara STAR Fixed-Network AMR/AMI

Customer Highlights

Challenges - Hospital ER Staff had limited information about trama patients enroute to the hospital, making it difficult to efficiently prepare for incoming patients - High recurring cost for leased lines used for traffic signal management

Solution - Patient telemetry data and real-time video feed provide in-depth, information to the hospital in trauma situations before patient arrives - Centralized management of traffic signals over high speed links - Video cameras at street intersections used for traffic management and by public safety workers

Results - Better preparedness at the hospital before patient arrives can help save lives - Eliminated $200,000/year in traffic signal management telecommunications costs - Public safety workers can respond faster and more effectively to emergency and traffic congestion situations given their real-time access to street intersections video streams

Systems and Servces - Tropos Networks MetroMesh 4210 and 5210 routers - SmartWAVE Technologies: System integration - General Devices: e-BRIDGE mobile telemedicine application in EMS vehicles and at hospital

Customer Highlights

Challenges - Provide mobile public safety personnel acess to critical data and systems, improving community safety and helping save lives

Solution - Secure, cost-effective, high-speed network provides police and fire personnel with in-field access to essential public safety applications and information - In-vehicle mobile Wi-Fi routers effectively extend the reach of the network broadening the coverage area

Results - Reduced response time by mobile emergency personnel up to 30%, imorving community safety and saving lives - Mobile officer started administering CPR less then 90 second after dispatch received call, saving a life - Fast access to hazardous materials locations, building floor plans, and other data helps increase effectiveness of firefighters and reduce safety risks - Mobile access to DMV, gang, and other databases raises effectiveness of police officers

Systems and Services - Tropos Networks MetroMesh 4210 and 5210 Routers