KELOWNA – The primary need when disaster happens anywhere is communication. Help can’t be co-ordinated or properly delivered if people can’t talk to each other. And if the phone lines are down and police radios out of commission, aid workers will certainly struggle. It was this primary challenge Telus had in mind when it built two SatCOLT units (Cost: $1.3 million each). SatCOLT stands for Satellite Cellsite on Light Truck and was pioneered Stateside by Sprint and is essentially a fully mobile telephone system. “It’s a mobile cell site on wheels,” says Ken Green, the man in charge of the...
