Pine Brook Partners selects Pinnacle Wireless for In-Building Carrier services (2010)

When Pine Brook Road Partners, LLC, a New York City based private equity firm, decided they needed to expand their corporate office space in 2010, they chose the One Grand Central Place Building, when they realized they needed in-building wireless coverage to support their critical cellular service requirements, they chose Pinnacle Wireless.To achieve their goals, Pine Brook Road Partners sought a firm with engineering capability to determine the installation location of donor antennas low enough on the building to pick-up sufficient signal to be brought up to their floors, accurately predict the necessary location of antennas to be mounted in the ceilings of the new build-out using the latest in-building RF coverage software, provide drawings to secure building management approval, work closely with Local 3 union labor to install the system and submit the engineering designs to the cellular companies for their approval. Pine Brook Road Partners selected Pinnacle Wireless, Inc. Pinnacle not only designed a cellular enhancement system for Pine Brook, but provided the ability for them to market the capability to other companies in the building that also required cellular coverage on their floors. Through their working relationship, Pinnacle has already provided Pine Brook with engineering designs and quotes for three additional companies. Pinnacle Wireless can provide an In-Building Wireless Study for those companies that need enhanced cellular coverage and want to determine the feasibility and cost of such a system.

Professionally engineered communication solutions

Pinnacle Wireless specializes in the design of on-site, wide-area and in-building radio systems. As a vendor-neutral integrator, Pinnacle offers you best-of-class solutions that exceed requirements at the best value. Take a moment to read about some of our creative design solutions.

Red Bull Arena selects Pinnacle Wireless (2010)

The $200 million dollar Red Bull Arena in Harrison New Jersey opened their doors to a sold out crowd of over 25,000 on March 20th, 2010. The stadium sets the new standard in North American soccer facilities and has set the bar for other soccer venues throughout the United States. Fans are treated to a European soccer experience not previously felt in the United States.

Pinnacle Wireless, Inc. was chosen to provide the completely digital Motorola Mototrbo network to guarantee that all of the 134 users stay connected no matter their location on the 13 acre facility. The network provides 8 voice channels as well as the capability to communicate via private calls, text message, or group calls.

Pinnacle Wireless, Inc. supplied the proper design, engineering, and implementation of the radio network to ensuring excellent coverage throughout the facility while not interfering with neighboring networks or other critical multi-media networks in the arena.

Current plans are expected to grow the network by an additional three voice channels, add additional portable radios, and allow for eased communication with surrounding Public Safety radio networks.

World Trade Center Development Projects (2009)

Pinnacle Wireless is proud to have been selected to perform the turnkey engineering design and build for the in-building communication systems that will ultimately support first responders and other users at the new World Trade Center Museum and Memorial, Pavilion and Chiller Plant. This selection was made by two of the NYC’s largest electrical contractors, Five Star Electric and Forrest Electric. Both are under contract with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site. This very complex DAS Network will include more than 80 RF channels on frequencies ranging from 150Mhz to 800Mhz. The systems will enable RF coverage in an area of more than 2 million square feet between locations.

This multi-year projects architecture is a fully redundant topology utilizing fiber optics as well as discrete antennas for RF delivery. An MCAS system reports via local alarms on the health of the networks and its equipment.

Harrison, NJ Police Department Security System (2009)

Harrison, NJ recently became the permanent home of Red Bull Arena, a 25,000 seat soccer facility, and the planned $3.5 billion dollar redevelopment project of 250 acres of land surrounding the stadium. This rapid growth is a great sign of things to come for the city but also created a concern for the Police Department of the one mile town.Concerns of crime, traffic control, vandalism, and resident’s perceived safety were all real hurdles that that had to be overcome. The Chief of Police, Derek Kearns, looked to larger cities for ideas on how he could provide additional presence without an increase in man. It was determined that the city would deploy a camera network for points of interest in the city. The cities first deployment of cameras would span portions of Frank Rogers Boulevard and Harrison Avenue.After a competitive Bid process for eight (8) cameras, Pinnacle Wireless was chosen to complete the first phase of the project. Pinnacle’s design was accepted for its strong focus on the initial phase of this project as the foundation for the many additional phases that would be required to meet the cities ultimate goal. Pinnacle elected to deploy an Airspan Wi-Max Wireless Broadband network due to its ability work in highly RF environments. Harrison’s close proximity to Newark makes it susceptible to interference from existing networks within its neighboring city’s boarders.The next major component of the network included the Cameras, IndigoVision, that would feed video back to headquarters for review and secure storage. Pinnacle offered IndigoVision IP Cameras because of their high quality video and industry leading compression. IndigoVision’s own H.264 compression typically requires 40 to 60 percent less throughput than their next best competitor.The mixture of high quality Wireless Broadband network with an industry leading quality camera offered the City of Harrison a network that they could feel comfortable taking them into the future.

Woodbridge Township, NJ Trunking System Installation (2009)

Pinnacle Wireless was selected by Motorola to provide the installation and integration services on the all new Motorola ASTRO P25 Digital Simulcast Trunking System for Woodbridge Township, New Jersey. This six (6) site communication network will support the Public Safety agencies within the township and possibly expanding to surrounding communities in the future. The installation included all fixed infrastructure base stations, Master Site equipment, and seven (7) MCC 7500 IP dispatcher consoles. Additionally the system will host hundreds of subscribers (mobiles and portables) providing critical interoperability amongst all users on the network. Pinnacle, as a Motorola Premier Level Service Partner is certified on Motorola’s IP technology platform and well experienced for the project

NYC Department of Sanitation Console Installation (2009)

Pinnacle Wireless was contracted by Motorola for the services, installation and integration of the console radio dispatch center for Snow Removal Operations of the New York City Sanitation Department. This project included inventory control, warehousing, racking ,integration, staging, and customer acceptance testing of the Motorola MCC5500 communications consoles prior to shipment and installation at the NYC Sanitation, Manhattan operations center. The project was on a rigid timeline and needed to be completed ahead of the 2009/10 snow removal season. The entire effort was completed by Pinnacle’s team ahead of schedule much to the pleasure of the customer.

Hudson County Prosecutors Office, County-wide WiMAX Network (2009)

The Hudson County Prosecutor has chosen to team with Pinnacle Wireless, Inc. to provide a Wireless Broadband Solution that will provide the county, as well as all local municipalities within the county the ability to interconnect like never before. The State of New Jersey notified Hudson County that they would be collapsing the T1 connections that were previously supplied at no cost to each of the 12 municipalities within the county. Faced with the financial challenge, the county realized that neither maintaining a leased line network or the purchase and installation of a private fiber network would be a viable financial approach to replacement for supporting this vital information network. Pinnacle Wireless worked with the County and the local municipalities to tailor a public safety grade network that would meet their immediate interconnectivity needs as well as align with the county’s vision for the future. Pinnacle Wireless was honored to be given the opportunity and set forth on creating a network unlike any other in use in the Public Safety. With concurrence of The New Jersey State Police and the Department of Homeland Security it was decided that the best solution would come in the form of a Wireless Broadband solution. More specifically a licensed Wi-Max network with a high throughput licensed Wireless Broadband Backhauls creating a ring throughout the county. The network would free the county from the burden of a monthly reoccurring lease and offer future growth well beyond the capabilities of a private fiber network.

For a fraction of the cost of a private fiber network the County now runs a Carrier grade, secure wireless network to maintain the county and state required Records Management Systems with the ability to provide the throughput, coverage, and expansion capability necessary to take the county well into the 21st Century.

NYC DoITT 'Rebanding 800Mhz System Subscribers (2009)

Pinnacle Wireless was awarded the frequency rebanding contract for the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunication (DoITT) radio system subscribers. With the approval of DoITT and at the recommendation of NYC City consulting firm, NYSTEC, Sprint Nextel issued Pinnacle the contract to reband upwards of 10,000 mobiles, portables and control stations across 37 agencies which operate on the City of New York, 800Mhz Trunked Radio Network. In order to effectively manage this complex project, Pinnacle dedicated a team of rebanding certified technicians to handle the coordination, logistics, and administration

Current Flow Technology selects Pinnacle for NYPD (2009)

Pinnacle Wireless was chosen by Current Flow Technologies (CFT) to support their project responsibilities with the upgrading of the entire radio communications infrastructure for the City of New York Police Department. A dedicated and highly skilled technical team from Pinnacle is currently working with CFT’s team members to remove, re-install, and perform integration services on approximately 300 NYPD base stations and over 1000 NYPD satellite receivers at locations across the five (5) boroughs of New York City. This equipment upgrade will enable the police department to meet the FCC requirements for narrowbanding of their UHF communications radio system. The Pinnacle team is dedicated for the duration of this extended project timeline.

City of Jersey City ASTRO P25 System Fleet Installation (2008)

Pinnacle Wireless was selected by Motorola to provide program management oversight, inventory control, warehousing, programming, and installation of the entire fleet for the new Jersey City ASTRO P25 Digital Simulcast Trunked Radio Network. Several hundred mobile radios and over 1400 portable radios were involved with this project. The new system supports the Jersey City Police Department, Fire Department, Public Works and Incineration Department communications requirements across the entire city. A dedicated team of Pinnacle technicians were able to program all radios while in Pinnacle’s staging facility in just two days. Similarly, a dedicated Pinnacle field installation team, in close coordination with the customer, was able to complete all installations on schedule.Upon completion of this project the Jersey City Police awarded the maintenance contract for their legacy radio system to Pinnacle Wireless as well.

Bergen County, NJ ASTRO P25 Digital Simulcast Trunking System Installation (2008)

Pinnacle Wireless was selected by Motorola to perform the installation and integration services on the new ‘State of the Art’ ASTRO P25 Digital Simulcast Trunked Radio System for Bergen County, New Jersey. The Bergen County System consists of nine (9) sites including the Master Site and Communications Dispatch Center six (6) MCC 7500 console positions in Hackensack. In addition to the installation/integration, Pinnacle provided the inventory control, warehousing and system staging support as required for project completion. The Bergen County system initially will support public safety users at the county level and eventually be available for municipalities within the county as well. Pinnacle Wireless, as a Motorola Premier Level Service Partner, is certified on Motorola’s IP technology platforms and well experienced to support this critical implementation. The mission critical network will ultimately host hundreds of county mobile and portable users.

New Jersey State Police 800 Mhz Subscriber Rebanding (2008)

Pinnacle Wireless was selected by Motorola to reband all subscribers on the New Jersey State Police SmartNet 800Mhz Statewide Trunked Radio System. The contract included developing a scope of work plan to manage the logistics, coordination, and administration of this large undertaking. Pinnacle responsibilities included providing the technical resources to perform the flashing, tuning, programming and replacement of over 8000 mobiles, portables and control stations. The entire project was assigned a dedicated and certified, rebanding technician team who were deployed across the entire State of New Jersey. Based upon the team’s performance, quality workmanship, and speed the project was expanded by Motorola to also include other agency users, NJDOT, NJDOC, and NJTA whose equipment operates on the NJSP Trunked Radio System as well. Pinnacles’ team received several accommodations from members of the NJSP for their excellent performance while on the project.

City of Bayonne Trunking System Fleet Installation (2008)

Pinnacle Wireless was selected by Motorola to perform the installation and programming of all subscribers- mobiles, portables and control stations on the new ASTRO 25 IP Digital Trunked Simulcast System for the City of Bayonne. The fleet included several hundred mobile radios and close to 500 portables. The Bayonne system supports the communications for police, fire and public works with interoperability across all agencies.

Liberty Science Center Adopts "MOTOTRBO", Implemented by Pinnacle (2007)

Pinnacle is pleased to announce that we were selected to upgrade the communications systems as part of the Liberty Science Center facility renovations. When planning to upgrade their existing communications members of the design team were determined to overcome many of the issues users faced with their old analog system. Also important was to incorporate new features, increase system capacity and functionality such as data that would be of important and beneficial to the users. Two very critical challenges that LSC faced was the ability to obtain additional FCC frequencies and the requirement for the new system to support data integration.

Pinnacles’ approach to solving the need for more spectrum and data capability was to introduce Motorola’s new digital platform, MotoTurbo. MotoTurbo Digital Two Way Radio System combines exceptional two-way radio functionality with digital with technology to deliver increased capacity along with spectrum efficiency, negating the need for additional frequencies. The MotoTurbo systems also provided the integrated data communications that LSC was hoping to achieve along with superior enhanced audio performance.

MotoTurbo portfolio offers a comprehensive suite of portables, mobile radios, repeaters, accessories, data applications and services.

Pinnacle Awarded Contract to Upgrade The Township of Plainsboro's Dispatch Center (2007)

Township of Plainsboro places an order for new IPC Systems Communication Console for the City's 911 Radio Dispatch Operations. The Radio Dispatch Operations supports the City's Police, Fire, EMS and OEM field communications requirements.

The computer based communication console manufacturered by IPC Systems, allows 911 Dispatchers to access multiple radio resources through a computer workstation via a touch screen computer monitors.

Pinnacle/IDS are proving to be a National industry leader with more than 400 consoole positions installed over the past four years.

Pinnacle Awarded Multi-Service In-Building Wireless Contract for Sidney Fetner & Associates (2007)

Sideny Fetner & Associates "SFA"of NYC select Pinnacle to provide an In-Building Wireless communication system for their 60 story residential highrise located in the heart of Midtown Manhattan "The Epic".

Pinnacle was selected due to the "Return on Capital" approach to In-Building Wireless Systems design approach. The system designed by Pinnacle provided the "Epic" with three core systems, those being- Airblown Fiber Fiber Optic Cable Network- Motorola Two-Way Radio System- Cellular Amplification System

The value of Pinnacle's design is derived through the above systems being able to support one an other, which reduces the total cost of system ownership. In addition, Pinnacle's design provides SFA with an infrastucture that can support other build systems, which include: Security Systems, Video Systems, Building Maintenance Systems and LANs just to name a few.

Sidney Fetner AssociatesSFA Properties, a third-generation development company, builds, owns and manages superior homes throughout the New York and Washington, DC metropolitan areas. SFA takes a hands-on, resident-focused approach to design and management, paying constant attention to every detail to ensure the highest level of satisfaction for its residents and clients. SFA currently owns or manages nearly 2,000 residential units in Manhattan.

Pinnacle To Expand the Passiac County Sheriff's Dispatch Center (2007)

Pinnacle in conjuction with Motorola expand the Passaic County Sheriffs 911 Dispatch Operation Center. The project included the expansion of the CentraCom Gold Elite CEB as well as the addition of Dispatch Position(s).

City of Clifton, NJ Awards Pinnacle Communication Console Project (2007)

City of Clifton places an order for new IPC Systems Communication Console for the City's 911 Radio Dispatch Operations. The Radio Dispatch Operations supports the City's Police, Fire, EMS and OEM field communications requirements.

The computer based communication console manufacturered by IPC Systems, allows 911 Dispatchers to access multiple radio resources through a computer workstation via a touch screen computer monitors.

Pinnacle/IDS are proving to be a National industry leader with more than 400 consoole positions installed over the past four years.

Integrated Dispatch Solutions

IDS has announced the award of a multi million dollar contract to upgrade the United Airlines Flight Dispatch Center in Denver, Colorado. The project includes the replacement of eighty Five (85) Radio Dispatch Consoles and the upgrade of United’s Trunked Radio Infrastructure.

The Dispatch Center currently utilizes a Motorola Trunked SmartNet radio system utilizing 72 unique Talkgroups which IDS will upgrade with new base stations. The new IDS Dispatch Console system will be based on advanced RoIP technology that will directly interface to the Motorola radio system. In addition to the radio network, United’s Dispatch Center also incorporates 120 telephone lines which IDS will convert to VoIP technology thereby making the Denver operation entirely LAN based.

The IDS system is all based on state of the art Radio over IP or RoIP technology. This technology has proven extremely versatile for the airline industry and particularly for UAL who previously upgraded O’Hare International Airport. The system flexibility and cost savings over conventional dispatch architecture will actually provide a far more robust system for a mere fraction of the traditional cost.

ConocoPhilips Selects IDS's

ConocoPhillips — Lake Charles, La. — IDS announced it has been awarded a contract by ConocoPhillips to provide a 27-position radio-over-Internet Protocol "RoIP" dispatch console at the company’s Lake Charles, La., facility. This state-of-the-art RoIP-based console system will replace an older legacy-type console that has become difficult to maintain. One of the primary reasons for choosing IDS was the simplicity of design and the ease in deploying additional positions wherever and whenever they were required. The full feature sets of the IDS console will enable ConocoPhillips to deploy a superior system for superior economics.

RoIP Console Solutions

Remote Wind Monitoring System for the Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade

Pinnacle was selected to provide Macy*s with a state-of-the-art Environmental Monitoring System. New York’s man-made canyons present a unique, challenging environment to the flight of the Macy*s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloons.

To more accurately understand and track the wind conditions along the 2-mile-long parade route, Macy*s asked Pinnacle to design a wind monitoring system that could be accessed wirelessly along the entire parade route.

Pinnacle submitted a design that would allow multiple City agencies and Macy*s to access wind data simultaneously from wired and wireless PCs. Macy*s selected Pinnacle because its design was so comprensive, because of its proven ability to perform, and because of its commitment to clients.

Environmental Monitoring Solutions

NSTAR - Selects IDS

IDS has been awarded a contract to provide an emergency backup system for NSTAR’s Southborough, Mass., facility. The system is comprised of nine radio-over-Internet Protocol (RoIP) Dispatch Positions for use during emergencies. IDS was selected for the critical project based on its expertise in deploying similar systems throughout the United States. The system will be operational by late November 2006. NSTAR provides natural gas and electricity to Boston and surrounding areas.

RoIP Console Solutions

Pinnacle to Deploy 4.9MHz MeshNetwork for Bergen County

The Bergen County Sheriff's Department has awarded Pinnacle Wireless a contract to supply a 4.9MHz MeshNetwork. The MeshNetwork manufactured by Firetide will consist of more than 70 Mesh Routers, which will be deployed throughout the Bergen County Justice Center in Hackensack, NJ. The system will support wireless local area networking (WLAN), video and 802.11 Internet access.

Once deployed, the network will provide fixed and mobile connectivity for the Sheriff’s Department to include the ability to deploy temporary tactical MeshNetworks during responses to emergencies.

New Jersey Turnpike Authority (2006)

Pinnacle Wireless awarded $9.3m design and implementation contract. July 12, 2006—The New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) Commission has voted to award Pinnacle Wireless a communications contract to provide the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway with a new wireless voice-and-data network for roadway operations. The system will support more than 2,300 subscriber units with two-way voice communications and Global Position Satellite and Automatic Vehicle Location (GPS/AVL) services for the Authority’s fleet of vehicles. In addition, the network will support the Authority’s intelligent transportation systems (ITS) by controlling 300 variable message signs (VMS): speed-limit signs, weather signs and Amber Alert systems.

The wireless voice-and-data system will be integrated with the the Authority’s Traffic Management Center (TMC), which will be operational in late 2007. As a component of the project, Pinnacle will bring together the 30 RoIP Communication Consoles that Pinnacle implemented for the Authority in 2005 with the new wireless network. The integrated communications system will be capable of monitoring the safety of roadside workers along the entire 440 miles of Authority roads.

World Trade Center Building 7 (2005)

Pinnacle Wireless awarded design and implementation contract. Pinnacle is leading the design team in engineering an in-building wireless network that will support the emergency services of New York when they respond to incidents within the new World Trade Center buildings. The design supports the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, the New York Police Department (NYPD), the Fire Department of New York (FDNY), New York Emergency Services and other public-safety agencies. The project is the first of its kind and will prove to be the template for future high-profile facilities within the tri-state area. Upon award, Pinnacle's team was assigned to engineer and supply the FDNY systems, which consisted of a redundant Motorola repeater system that will be tied into the building's extensive in-building antenna network. Pinnacle will also provide the FDNY with its RoIP Communications Console, which will be situated at the fire-control desk.

New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority (2005)

Pinnacle awarded the $2.5m contract to provide the NJSEA with a new MPT1327 Trunked Radio System. The system will support more than 700 radio users with a design ready to accommodate 1,300. The system boasts a 13-channel MPT1327 trunked infrastructure, eight RoIP Command and Control dispatch positions, an intricate in-building antenna network, as well as voice logging of radio and phone lines. The system is also designed to support future expansions to other NJSEA facilities.

"We have known for years that our communications system was a problem. Fortunately, Pinnacle was able to design and implement a solution that we were previously told could not be done. Pinnacle's can-do mindset made it possible."

—Tony Vagueiro, Medical & Communications Coordinator, NJSEA

New Jersey Turnpike Authority (2005)

Pinnacle contracted to provide the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, Garden State Parkway and the New Jersey State Police with an RoIP Command & Control System. The system supports the state's two largest highways and the core of the I95 Corridor. Pinnacle's RoIP Command and Control Dispatch Console was a natural fit for the Authority, which maintains 440 miles of fiber-optic cable and a statewide enterprise grade Cisco WAN. By using Pinnacle's RoIP platform, the Authority was able to meet deployment time constraints while leveraging their extensive Ethernet network to implement a highly interoperable communications platform. The system's 30+ console positions were designed to control multiple radio protocols, including Motorola 800MHz SmartZone®, Ma/Com 800MHz Conventional, VHF Conventional and UHF Conventional systems located across the state.

Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center (2005)

Pinnacle designed and implemented an integrated Motorola multichannel radio system and Pinnacle Fiber Optic Antenna Network. The system provides complete radio communications throughout the 67-story tower located at 30 Rockefeller Center. The system supports communications with the newly opened observation deck that offers a magnificent view of the city. The design leveraged the property’s new fiber-optic cable network, which significantly reduced installation time and costs, while providing ease of scalability and expansion.

The Waldorf-Astoria (2005)

Pinnacle designed and implemented a wireless system to monitor sensitive doors throughout the hotel. The system provides automated alarming through a PC workstation located within the central security office. Pinnacle's design utilized the Future Flex Fiber Optic Cable system within the facility, which reduced the overall cost of the project. Along with Pinnacle's creative integration of wired and wireless technologies, this reduced implementation time. Pinnacle's proven track record of completing projects on time and on budget made Pinnacle the obvious choice for the project.

"Following our initial project with Pinnacle, they proved their ability to provide the level of post-sale support that we expect. Pinnacle's creative approach once again brought us a capital-conscious solution, which in the end saved us thousands of dollars as compared to traditional approaches."

—Thomas Snell, Director of Security, Waldorf-Astoria