TCCA and 450A sign MoU to drive greater cohesion in critical communications

With a worldwide membership, TCCA’s work is complementary to that of 450A, which represents the interests of 450 MHz spectrum stakeholders.

In a further drive towards greater cohesion within the critical communications ecosystem, global representative body TCCA and industry association 450 MHz Alliance (450A) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalise the cooperation between the two organisations. This will enable greater synergy around supporting and promoting the development and deployment of standardised technology, solutions and applications for critical mobile broadband communications.

As 3GPP’s Market Representation Partner for critical communications, TCCA catalysed and continues to drive the development of critical broadband technology standards. With a worldwide membership, TCCA’s work is complementary to that of 450A, which represents the interests of 450 MHz spectrum stakeholders.

450A members have interests in M2M/IoT for vertical markets such as smart grids and metering as well as associated VoIP and broadband applications for sectors with comparable network design requirements.

“450 MHz Alliance is excited to partner with TCCA recognising the synergy between the two organisations,” said Gösta Kallner, Executive Chairman of 450A. “We share many common objectives, including promotion of robust solutions for mission critical communications such as smart energy, smart cities, transportation, etc. This MoU will allow us for closer collaboration, sharing information, joint standardisation activities and thus be more productive to our combined members mostly representing an industrial IoT community.”

“In addition to our key market of mission critical public safety, our work on standardisation is relevant to many sectors with critical users, including smart cities, smart grids and the wider applications of the IoT,” said TCCA Chief Executive Tony Gray. “In some of these areas there is already available spectrum in 450 MHz and others are actively seeking it. TCCA and 450 MHz Alliance have a number of members in common, so collaboration for the benefit of all is an obvious step forward.”