Read more about the Ericsson W25's role in providing local emergency services with rapid and reliable voice, data and broadband services during emergencies and natural disasters.

BreastScreen Victoria (BSV) is a public health program established in 1992 to provide mammography (breast x-ray) screening services to Victorian women.  BSV operates a network of services around Victoria, Australia, including eight regional assessment centres, over 40 screening centres and two mobile screening units.

BSV deployed a new, high-speed wireless broadband solution utilising Telstra's Next G? network and Ericsson's Mobile Broadband Routers in 15 locations around Victoria.  Until recently, breast screening services were conducted without the use of digital or networked communications technologies.  The solution replaced hard copy analogue x-ray images with digital images and allowed digital image files to be transmitted from the mobile screening service across the BSV network of services using wireless broadband.  Amongst many benefits, the project has shown that state-of-the-art digital mammography can be successfully integrated into the Victorian breast screening services network, to improve the screening process and provide enhanced service levels.

Broadband capability has given rural Victorian women access to the latest digital mammography technologies.  In addition, it addresses some of the risks and inefficiencies associated with conventional analogue x-ray film based screening, such as damage or loss of physical x-ray images and data entry and image storage costs.  This innovative wireless broadband solution enabled the transfer of large digital images from the mobile service centre, overcoming the need to install temporary fixed broadband services.

View the BreastScreen Victoria Rural Broadband Digital Mammography Project Case Study

The Country Fire Authority (CFA) was formed to provide a coordinated fire response organisation for Victoria, Australia, and commenced operation in 1945.  It has now evolved to become one of the world's largest volunteer based emergency management organisations.

The CFA were responsible for fighting the "Black Saturday" fires that raged across the state.  The severity and sheer number of these fires meant that, at times, up to 2500 volunteer fire-fighters were battling the blazes and attempting to contain them.

Instant, detailed information from the fire sites was needed to ensure appropriate resource allocation and response.  To assist, temporary communications staging posts were erected with the deployment of a high-speed wireless broadband solution utilising Telstra's Next G network and Ericsson's Mobile Broadband Routers.

These provided critical information to the State Emergency Co-ordination Centre at CFA Headquarters so that they could view, plan and react to the situation immediately. In addition, the fire-fighters at the scene received instant updates on the direction of fires, their intensity and the resources available enabling them to provide a fast and effective response.

Read more about the restoration of communication during the Victorian Fires.

Hurricane Katrina in 2005 was one of the deadliest hurricanes in America?s history.  At least 1,836 people lost their lives in the hurricane and subsequent flooding.  The most severe loss of life and property damage occurred in New Orleans, Louisiana, which flooded as the levee system failed catastrophically, in many cases, hours after the storm itself had moved inland.

Maintaining communications to assist with frantic rescue and recovery efforts was a major challenge for soldiers and other first responders.  All traditional communications equipment had been destroyed.The military created temporary communications staging posts to provide mobile cell phone coverage across the affected area to deliver immediate assistance to all those affected by the disaster.  The Ericsson QuicLINK mobile networking platform, a 3G network in a box, was set up at the Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans and at the New Orleans Naval Support Activity to provide combat forces with independent and autonomous cellular networks.

Since then, Mobile Broadband Networks and devices have continued to evolve to better serve the military's needs across the world.  Were such an event to reoccur, the military would now be able to set up instant "office environments" anywhere to share and receive critical data.  Using Ericsson Mobile Broadband Routers in conjunction with a QuicLINK facilitated wide area network makes it possible to use multiple device types including laptops, handheld PDAs or ordinary phone handsets to send and receive critical information.  The reach and versatility of the QuicLINK system is now enhanced and quicker to deploy for actionable service when used in conjunction with a fleet of Ericsson mobile broadband routers.  Each Mobile Broadband Router with one SIM card now supports an office of wired phones, wired data and WiFi devices.

As families demand more sophisticated phone services (such as voice-over IP), and continue to use the internet as a key source of entertainment and information, the need for a simple home network becomes increasingly clear.

Ericsson?s Mobile Broadband Router enables all your devices to interact via a single network.

This means managing your home phone, fax and internet is made simple.