Critical Communications Asia Attracts More than 400 Delegates
Critical Communications Asia took place last week, on the 23rd to 25th March, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
More than 400 delegates attended the Critical Communications Asia event, including many senior government representatives. The event was opened by YB. Puan Hajah Nancy Shukri a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department of Malaysia.
There was an excellent two day conference and pre-conference workshops involving many excellent speakers. Several Members of the TCCA and some non members participated in a vibrant exhibition.
Quotes made during the event:
- Very good amount of audience in plenary
- Phil Kidner TCCA: there are 32 Million PMR users in the world
- Panel comment: LTE cannot provide mission critical voice today
- Panel comment: Applications business is much more demanding than selling base stations
- Big mine companies rely on TETRA communications
- Virve network plan "a really good example of evolution"
- In Indonesia mission critical networks are now isolated and analog. Recently good experience with TETRA and position services
- Road Transport Department is active user of shared TETRA network in Malaysia. Planning to extend use
- Adrian Scrase ETSI CTO explained that 'just about 5 commercial networks have deployed Voice Over LTE' = not much experience
The event examines the latest challenges posed to the Asia-Pacific Critical Communications Community, focusing on the public safety, security, transport, utilities and industrial sectors.
Picture: Courtesy of Tapio Makinen
