Motorola, Nokia and GM offer new emergency network

Technology giants Nokia and Motorola have both offered to build an emergency communications network in Poland together with General Motors, Deputy Defense Minister Janusz Zemke said yesterday. The contract, worth up to zł. 700 million ($177 million), is expected to be part of an investment offset program by either Lockheed Martin of the U.S. or Finnish Patria. "Right now we are analyzing the two offers and the decision will be made after more technical and financial analysis...by mid-May," Zemke told reporters in the southern town of Siemianowice Śląskie. The construction of a single Te rrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) system will replace the country's existing police, fire and border guard networks. (Reuters; Rzeczpospolita, p. B4) J.K.