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Motorola Solutions delivers secure communications for a safer Pará in Brazil
The Secretariat of Public Security and
Social Defense ( SEGUP ) of Pará , Brazil , has chosen Motorola Solutions to modernize its mission-critical communications to connect all public safety agencies across the country ’ s second-largest state , Pará .
Aerial view of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Belém , Pará , Brazil
The deployment is part of the ‘ Speaking for all Pará ’ initiative that is focused on equipping Pará ’ s public safety and government agencies with Motorola Solutions ’ advanced APCO P25 radio technologies to enable faster , more effective emergency response to reduce crime and better protect the region ’ s eight million citizens .
Pará ’ s diverse landscape , spanning more than 1.2 million kilometers , from populous cities to the remote and dense Amazon rainforest , presents unique challenges for emergency services that further highlight the criticality of reliable and trusted communications for frontline workers .
Now , public safety agencies can rely on effective coverage , management and dispatch at mission-critical communications standards , whereas previously , their communications were limited to commercial networks .
“ We have already reaped benefits in the first phase of the project with greater operationality in our police activity benefiting the North and Northeast regions of Pará , and later we will have full coverage of the state ,” said Lieutenant Colonel Odiney Nogueira , Head of the Information Technology and Telecommunications Directorate ( Ditel ). “ With Motorola Solutions ’ technology we are now able to extend the reach of our communications to levels we have never even imagined .”
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