CET of Cincinnati, Ohio is currently testing mobile datacasting. With help from the Covington Police Department and the Harris Corporation, CET is studying the efficiency of using digital signals in the transfer of large data files, specifically maps and full color pictures of children for the AMBER Alert system, in an urban area.

John Dominic, CET Executive Vice President and COO, identified the goal of this project as twofold. The first objective is to test how datacasting works with obstructions, such as larger buildings. The second is to determine the most efficient way for police cars to ask and receive data. At this time collaborators are experimenting with a hybrid where the existing police car data system is used to request information and datacasting is used to transmit information back to the car. Results from this study will be released in October 2005.