Both Motorola and Harris Corp. submitted bids last year to build and maintain a new radio system for the city of Cleveland (Ohio), but last week mayor Frank Jackson delayed the two-year project when he threw out both bids, saying the city’s requirements for radios wasn’t crafted narrowly enough. The 1995-era radio system is prone to problems, and maintenance is difficult, city officials say. The mayor refused to immediately release details of either bid, although Harris Corp. had earlier said publicly that it proposed upgrading the city’s current Motorola system for $17 million, and upgrading other city agency radios later, when the city could afford it. Read more about the city’s long road to a better radio system here.
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Thanks for posting this. A week or so ago I was looking for it at the Cleveland Plain Dealer site, here and in old e-mails when I heard of other cities having problems with their radios and wanted to use it as a reference.
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