Motorola Solutions has won seven major awards at Australia’s peak international design awards, Good Design Australia. The win includes the range of Avigilon H5A high resolution AI cameras and six awards for the company’s latest software-integrated, digital radio technologies that provide first responders and other frontline workers with secure and reliable voice and data communication. The latest clutch of seven awards brings Motorola Solutions’ tally of Good Design Australia Awards to 15 over the past three years.
Motorola Solutions’ vice president and managing director for Australia and New Zealand, Con Balaskas, said this year’s awards reflected the company’s ongoing research and development investments to further improve and evolve mission-critical communications.
“Secure and reliable communication has never been more important for emergency services and businesses who need to adapt to complex and rapidly changing environments,” Balaskas said. “These organisations also need to maximise their use of data to further enhance their situational awareness, productivity and to improve emergency response.”
Motorola Solutions’ latest Good Design Australia awards highlight why voice communication remains the most critical of technologies for public safety and enterprise organisations. The need for critical communications is further reinforced in a new global research study developed by Motorola Solutions in partnership with Goldsmiths, University of London, which found that 68 per cent of people say that emergency services need access to improved communications to meet emerging threats to public safety.
Balaskas said that the global pandemic has amplified needs for mission-critical communication as well as greater interoperability to extend the reach and utility of radio communications.
“From providing a lifeline for frontline responders, to enabling contact-free communication and supporting Covid-safe work practices for retailers, communication technology is essential for organisation-wide collaboration, safety and resilience,” Balaskas said.
