Arizona town to implement Motorola’s new digital solution

The Town of Marana, northwest of Tucson, is one of Arizona’s fastest growing areas. Thirty years ago, Marana was a small town covering 10 square miles with about 1,500 residents. Today, it has expanded more than 10-fold covering approximately 120 square miles with 20,000 residents.

To keep up with that growth, the town is installing a new, state-of-the-art, mission critical public safety communications system.

Marana is the first customer to implement Motorola’s Astro 25 LE IP two-way radio communication system, the latest solution in Motorola’s trunking portfolio and is Project 25 compliant.

”We’ve gone from an almost 20-year-old analog radio system with one site to a three-site digital system that now covers 99% of the town limits. Additionally, the system works with our town’s wireless wide-area network. With the Motorola team, our IT department, and select subcontractors, we accomplished a successful and on-time installation,” said Anthony Casella, Marana IT director.

The Astro 25 LE system is specifically designed for customers whose radio communication system must provide mission critical operations in smaller geographical areas. It requires fewer radio sites, as little as one, or a single simulcast site with up to 15 sites. The system operates in the 800MHz, 700MHz, UHF and VHF bands.