TeleEye strikes video transmission deal with Wireless Logic
Using a mobile phone to view live CCTV images or control on-site security equipment is great for the busy security guard or site manager but after getting the first monthly phone bill, their phone will stay firmly in a pocket. Prohibitively high tariffs prevent CCTV images being viewed in this way so unfortunately this cutting edge and highly useful technology is overlooked – a problem we have solved in partnership with TeleEye", explains Oliver Tucker, head of Wireless Logic, a £120m business owned by Peter Jones of Dragons Den fame.
Remote site management using a mobile phone may appear to be a gimmick but when used for large or remote applications, its true worth becomes obvious. Site managers no longer need to be desk bound and can manage numerous sites simultaneously with the help of their mobile phone.
Transmitting CCTV images from a fixed or static security system to a mobile phone is described as a "fixed to mobile" application and is just one of three prime uses for wireless technology in the CCTV industry. The second is the "mobile to fixed" application where CCTV equipment is fitted to a bus, ambulance, taxi, train or truck to transmit images back to a remote video response centre (RVRC). This type of application is most commonly used by employers seeking to protect or track field based staff in vehicles. The third application is "fixed to fixed" which provides the wireless, mobile phone network as a secondary or back-up network between a site and RVRC. This only becomes active when the primary (usually hard wired) network fails and ensures continuous surveillance is maintained.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has issued guidelines for the installation, operation and monitoring of remote CCTV applications. The "BS 8418: Installation and remote monitoring of detector activated CCTV systems code of practice" requires a second communication link in the case of network failure, without which the police are less likely to respond to a call-out to a non compliant site, potentially affecting insurance cover and claims payments.
CCTV security equipment manufacturer TeleEye has teamed up with Wireless Logic to deliver a truly cost effective solution for all three security and management applications. TeleEye transmission equipment meets the BS 8418 requirement for a second communication link by using 3G, GPS or GPRS mobile phone based DATA networks and it is the same network technology for the "mobile to fixed" and "fixed to mobile" applications already described.
TeleEye's General Sales Manager, Duncan Ross explains,
"The original purpose of our partnership with Wireless Logic was to offer BS 8418 compatible technology so that, providing a site also has a BS 8418 compliant monitoring and installation solution, it would receive an immediate police response to a verified alarm. This partnership has given us a highly economic network tariff which enables us to provide cost effective vehicle tracking and remote site management solutions as well".
The cost of using mobile phone technology to transmit CCTV data in a BS 8418 compliant, back up or fail-safe network application is largely irrelevant. It is, after all, an emergency precaution that should rarely be used. However, when using mobile phone technology to view a site, verify alarms or track vehicles, network usage time increases and the cost soon becomes significant to its large scale uptake. Until the advent of the TeleEye and Wireless Logic solution, costs have been high because mobile phone networks are designed for sending large volumes of relatively small amounts of data in the form of texts, phone calls and occasional pictures. By contrast, CCTV security applications require relatively small volumes of large amounts of data which network providers have not addressed. To view a site remotely using a mobile phone uses a minimum of one megabyte of data per minute, compared with only kilobytes for a normal telephone conversation. Costs are at least £50 for the first gigabyte but can rise to £1 per megabyte thereafter - which includes the allocation of a temporary IP address for the mobile device, essential for the communications to work. This has meant that viewing 2 gigabytes of data could cost over £1000. The Wireless Logic and TeleEye partnership uses O2, Vodafone & Orange networks and fixes the tariff at £50 per gigabyte, reducing costs by a factor of 10!
Oliver Tucker added, "At Wireless Logic we aim to provide appropriate data solutions for our partner companies. TeleEye is at the cutting edge of the remote CCTV monitoring market which we believe will expand extensively with these reduced tariffs".
Price and compliancy are at the core of the TeleEye and Wireless Logic partnership. It would seem that when a cutting edge security company joins forces with a forward looking wireless network provider the result is a market leading, remote security solution that even the Dragon's Den panellist Peter Jones can approve!
For more information, please contact:
Duncan Ross
01628 776061
TeleEye
4 Maidenhead Enterprise Centre
Cordwallis Street
Maidenhead
SL6 7BE
About TeleEye Group
With over 10 years of research and design experience in signal processing, TeleEye Group is engaged in the development, sales and marketing of full range of hi-tech CCTV and digital surveillance equipment. The Group is listed in Hong Kong (SEHK:8051) and has rapidly grown to become a dynamic world-class supplier of remote visual CCTV systems with extensive application in various industries. The Group’s Quality Management System is ISO 9001:2000 certified. We are committed to continuous improvement on product quality and standard. The Group has branch offices in UK, Japan, Singapore and China together with an extensive distribution network in over 20 countries worldwide.
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