Tropos to Unwire Rock Hill, SC

Rock Hill, South Carolina has chosen Consulting Services Group (CSGData), a wireless network integrator and Tropos to deploy a city-owned wireless network for public safety and utilities. Rock Hill issued its RFP last June 2006. The Tropos mesh nodes will be deployed for the municipal Wi-Fi network which will initially cover 32 square miles with backhaul connections to the city%u2019s fiber ring. Tropos mobile routers will be installed in police and fire vehicles, permitting immediate access to critical state and federal databases, along with remote viewing of security surveillance videos from the field via laptops. Additionally utility vehicles, building inspectors and other municipal workers will utilize PDAs in the field to access the municipal network for remote processing of paperwork.