Motorola Solutions Delivers 1,000th TETRA Digital Radio System from its TETRA Center of Excellence in Berlin, Germany

Motorola Solutions has delivered its 1,000th TETRA digital radio system and its 25,000th base station out of its TETRA Center of Excellence in Berlin. The 1,000th TETRA system was delivered to the prison in Berlin´s Tegel district and will be used to provide mission critical communications to staff. This major milestone underlines Motorola Solutions’ position as a leading supplier and operator of mission critical communications networks across the globe. The delivery also highlights Motorola Solutions’ unrivalled standing as a trusted provider of TETRA systems for more than 20 years, ever since the first TETRA network was deployed at Oslo Airport in Norway back in 1997.

Many of the 1,000 TETRA systems, which were staged in Berlin, are deployed across the EMEA region. These include numerous nationwide TETRA networks including: Austria, Denmark, Norway, Portugal, Ireland and the UK, where public safety organisations put their trust in Motorola Solutions. Globally, customers from more than 100 countries have been provided with mission critical communications networks from Motorola Solutions based on the TETRA standard. Many of the implementations also include the operation and management of the network as well as services. In every project, Motorola Solutions achieved the individual requirements of the customer across a range of diverse networks. In Germany alone, Motorola Solutions has implemented more than 50 TETRA systems for multiple sectors including airports, utilities and public transportation organisations such as Munich, Stuttgart and Cologne/Bonn Airport, RheinEnergie, Stromnetz Berlin and Hamburg, Rhein-Neckar Verkehrsgesellschaft and Rheinbahn Düsseldorf.

“Our TETRA Center of Excellence in Berlin plays a significant role in the successful implementation of TETRA digital radio systems worldwide”, said Mark Schmidl, corporate vice president of sales for Motorola Solutions in Europe, Middle East and Africa. “We are dedicated to further investing in TETRA as well as next-generation Smart Public Safety solutions for providing integrated future-proof TETRA and broadband communications.”

Motorola Solutions’ unique TETRA Center of Excellence in Berlin delivers state-of-the-art TETRA solutions. The technology experts in the German capital design and configure tailor-made TETRA digital radio infrastructure for the global market. The services range from system design and radio network planning to technical training for customers, quality assurance, supply chain management, logistics and customer service.

Every year, more than 50 factory acceptance tests are conducted together with customers in Berlin with a customer satisfaction of more than 96 percent. Furthermore, a dedicated demonstration centre gives customers the opportunity to experience next generation technologies and solutions: the evolution of TETRA, DMR and LTE as well as the future of command and control solutions, network security, voice and data technology.

Moreover, the highly experienced and certified team in Berlin conducts more than 150,000 maintenance and repair transactions every year for infrastructure and terminals, which include providing tailored service solutions like end-to-end repair logistics, secure equipment handling and same day repair services for more than 200 reseller and distribution partners.