NEWS

The new channel-selective repeater of See Telecom, the MC-Raptor, has been agreed by the Belgian critical communications network operator, ASTRID, for use in confined infrastructures.

PowerTrunk, part of the Sepura Group, has been awarded a contract to expand the TETRA network of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

After a study phase, Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA) has decided to start using Nødnett in their organization.

Norway’s Directorate for Emergency Communication (DNK), operator of the Nødnett nationwide digital radio TETRA network for emergency and public safety services, wil be moved to the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection (DSB).

Airbus Defence and Space gave insight into tomorrow’s Tetra technology and paved the way for a modernisation of ASTRID.

The Public Transportation Authority of Uppland (UL) has selected Celab Communications AB as partner to implement TETRA critical communications technology.

Hytera Australia, a subsidiary of Hytera Communications Corporation Limited, conducted a series of technical courses for local partners in Australia and New Zealand during September.

Rohill successfully completed the commissioning of the new TetraNode network for the Kuwait Sheikh Abdullah Museum and the Kuwait Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmad Cultural Centre.

This deployment will cover the Brazilian State of Paraiba and includes 40 sites that will bring a clear, reliable signal to all of Paraiba’s public safety forces.

Sepura has appointed Alan Lovell as Chairman and David Barrass as Interim Chief Executive Officer, both with immediate effect.

Sepura and its prestigious partner, Eastcom, recently celebrated five years of collaboration by renewing their distribution and joint development agreement for Sepura products in the Chinese market.

Dutch telecom provider KPN has won the IBARC2 radio tender for the suply of about 6000 radios for the Dutch Fire Brigade.

To simplify the assignment of radio users, today BDBOS introduced a new feature on the national digital TETRA network.

This years cycle event saw them introduce TETRA Ireland AVL (Automatic Vehicle & Personnel Locator) package for the event which enabled Controllers to view where each ambulance was located in real time along the ring of Kerry.

The ASTRID User Days that took place on 5 and 6 October turned out to be a great success. More than 1,500 participants admired the latest innovations in communications for rescue and security.

CCExpo, Critical Communications Expo is the neutral platform for mission critical information and communications, professional mobile radio (PMR) and control rooms in all fields of critical infrastructures at national and international level.

After three years of hard work and fruitful cooperation between the partners, the ISITEP project is coming to its end.

ISITEP project (Inter System Interoperability for Tetra-Tetrapol Networks) initiates interoperability test in Brussels, connecting mission-critical radio networks from six countries.

The Military Counterintelligence Service (SKW) announced recently that it will buy 90 DMR and TETRA radios through a tender procedure.

Last spring, work started to replace the older base stations on the Swedish Mission Critical Public Safety TETRA network, RAKEL.