Benhur Mesfin
Director
Wirlese Brodband Asia Pacific Enterprise Mobility Government and Public Safety, Motorola Electronics, India
“The increased threat highlighted by?the?attacks in New York City, Barcelona, London, Mumbai?and Delhi,?to name a few,?is considered by many?as one of the drivers for significant growth in the wide spread deployment of digital video surveillance system around the world”
What do you feel about the current security scenario in India?
Motorola?has the expertise?to design best-in-class solutions for public safety agencies and?has?been active in this space?for decades.? It is this experience and the expertise which we are offering to this critical India market.
What are the international security trends in video surveillance?
The increased threat highlighted by?the?attacks in New York City, Barcelona, London, Mumbai?and Delhi,?to name a few,?is considered by many?as one of the drivers for significant growth in the wide spread deployment of digital video surveillance system around the world to cover large parts of cities and open spaces as well as the traditional domain of CCTV for indoor (closed space surveillance) and what is emerging as trends in these deployments are:
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Use of digital cameras using IP (internet protocol) for communication is being networked together like an IT network. ?The video surveillance network resembles an IT network, with servers and computing devices;?In this case it will be with servers and cameras as the devices for image capture-instead of computing devices.
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The growing sophistication of digital cameras that not only capture image but also can provide a limited amount of analytics capability.
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The wide spread use of video analytics software offer basic video analysis and advanced features, such as intrusion detection, people counting, vehicle recognition, queue management and facial recognition. ?These systems can then be integrated to an overall security apparatus, with data bases of people names, vehicle license plate numbers, photo IDs and can be used to trigger various actions (alarms, notifications, warnings, access control, etc.) based on predefined policies and operational procedures.
The other trends we see are the increased use of fixed broadband wireless networks to deploy large scale outdoor video surveillance systems.
What are the unique products that are offered?by your company in the security arena?
Motorola’s Government and Public Safety business unit has been providing mission critical communication solutions for public safety and security agencies around the world for over 60 years. ?We are the leading supplier of these wireless voice and data communications systems to all major public safety agencies in India, across Asia and the World. These digital wireless communication systems set the standard for reliability, robustness, and features. ?These systems have become the bench mark against which all other systems are measured against. In addition to these solutions we also offer a wide range of broadband wireless systems for fixed and mobile applications that provide robust, reliable and secure communication links covering a small area to nation wide deployment.
Currently in Government vertical where all are you offering services and what is the USP of those products.
In the Government vertical Motorola is offering mission and business critical communication systems to all the major police forces in India, Airports?-Delhi, Bangalore?and?Hyderabad?International?Airports;?Delhi Metro and in Asia almost every major public security agency;??across the world over 50 Metro lines,?and over 35 long haul rail systems,?major sea ports, airports and utilities.
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