Doha: LINX vehicle-demountable computers have been specified by the Ministry of Interior for deployment into emergency services frontline vehicles.
Ideal Solutions will supply LINX computers to help the emergency services, while providing the robustness required operating in the country's hot desert climate, saving them significant times and resources. Ideal Solutions the sole distributor of Microbus in Qatar and Middle East will be handling the supply, installation and support for all LINX MDT's.
Ministry of Interior (MOI) showed LINX MDT in their booth and demo for using NJM project was running all times. MOI representative had a previous visit to the UK to see Microbus reference sites where their fixed in-vehicle computers are being used on a daily basis, including with Warwickshire Police. They were impressed with the computer's ease of communication between the control room and officers in the vehicle, providing them with critical incident data and access to the police database.
Brigadier Saleh Al Kubaisi, the Director of IT Dept of the MOI commented: "The project to supply our emergency services teams with effective mobile data technology has been an exhaustive process of research and selection to ensure our field officers get the best, most reliable solution that can adapt to their needs. The LINX computer represents a huge step forward in the way our frontline personnel are despatched to incidents, thanks to its multi-bearer flexibility and ease of use."
Eng Mahmoud Amer, the General Manager of Ideal Solutions contributed: "We thank MOI for the opportunity where our company engineers could successfully demonstrate commitment and experience while installing an amazing product in a professional support manner that impressed and met MOI expectations".
LINX is a ruggedised demountable tablet PC specifically developed for vehicle use and provides full PC functionality and wireless connectivity including the option of TETRA.
It can be installed into emergency services vehicles using a docking station to provide full in a rugged form factor. All Microbus products have been shown in Ideal Solutions booth during Qatar Milipol, from 25th - 27th October 2010, booth F026.
Frontline emergency services staff can access a host of applications in real time including mapping, computer aided despatch, remote database access and automatic vehicle location systems.
The LINX units will be provided with docking stations which will allow the integration into the dashboards of a range of vehicles providing easy access to the unit's large sunlight-viewable touchscreen.
Samiha Gouhar
© The Peninsula 2010
