NEC taps Selex to upgrade Singapore NEL Tetra comm system
It also involves the upgrade of the existing Tetra Base Station, and provision of new Tetra Mobile and Train Computer Interface for the new trains.
A Finmeccanica company, Selex Elsag was awarded a contract by NEC Asia
Pacific, to upgrade the Singapore North East Line (NEL) Tetra
communications system. NEL's existing Tetra system was originally
supplied by Selex.
The Tetra digital radio network provides voice and
data communications between Operating Control Centre (OCC) operators and
other users of the network to fully support the driverless operation of
the Singapore NEL. This upgrade involves the replacement of the
existing SCN-T to SCN Plus, the TDM based Switching and Control Node.
It
also involves the upgrade of the existing Tetra Base Station, and
provision of new Tetra Mobile and Train Computer Interface for the new
trains.
This Tetra upgrade is in line with the purchase of eighteen new
trains. These will boost NEL's capacity to meet increase projected
ridership growth along the 20km North-East corridor from HarbourFront
station to Punggol station by about 70 percent.
The upgrade is expected
to be completed by the end of 2016.
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