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DAYTHREE

OFFICIAL OPENINGInterpol President cuts the ribbon

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NEW PARTNERSHIPFirst step in long term strategy

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SEEKING SPECTRUMOpinions and issues

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INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEM INTEGRATIONThe state of the market

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incorporating TETRA World Congress

The Société des Téléphériques

de la Grande Motte (STGM)

at the ski resort of Tignes, in

the Rhône-Alpes region of France,

has replaced its existing analogue

system with Sepura STP8000

hand-portable radios and SRG3900

vehicle-mounted terminals. The

contract was secured by Sysoco,

Sepura’s partner in France.

“In both critical and day-to-

day situations, robust, reliable

communication systems are

absolutely vital for the smooth

running of the resort, and we’re

pleased to have chosen a solution

that maximises safety onsite,” said

Boris Mougel, Project Manager in

charge of telecom networks and

electrical installations for STGM. n

Cassidian has released Taqto

2, a new version of its smart

terminal management and

configuration solution for TETRA

terminals and TETRA SIM cards.

Taqto 2 enables device

management over an IP

network in which the central

server is connected to multiple

programming clients, and is

designed to reduce time and

operating costs.

Devices that need to be

configured can be added by

dragging and dropping. The tool

offers real-time configuration

validation to identify errors as early

as possible.

Communication which takes

place within the decentralised

device management networks

is secured by application-level

security mechanisms. Find out

more on Stand A301. n

LTE PILOT IN JORDANThales is to implement a LTE pilot in Jordan for the Jordan Armed Forces public security and safety agencies. Integrat-ed with the existing TETRA technology, the pilot aims to be in operation by the end of the year.

The programme is designed to demonstrate the capability of NEXIUM Wireless, Thales’s mission-critical LTE solution. The agencies in Jordan will be equipped with TeSquad,

Thales’s new LTE Push-To-Talk smartphone designed to deliver mission-critical voice over LTE and high-speed data group services.

Using existing sites and invest-ments that the Jordan Armed Forces and Public Security Agencies have put in place, Thales is looking to transform the existing TETRA network into a broadband network covering the security forces’ existing and future needs. n

SMART FLEET MANAGEMENT

TIGNES SIGNS UP TO TETRA

MORE THAN EVER BEFORE

Safety first on the ski slopes

Mireille Ballestrazzi, President of INTERPOL, officially opens the 15th Critical Communications World event, incorporating TETRA World Congress, watched by an expectant crowd of visitors and, from left, Hanna Jackson, Event Director, Critical Communications World, TCCA Chairman Phil Godfrey, and TCCA CEO Phil Kidner.

INTERPOL PRESIDENT OPENS SHOW

As of 2pm on Thursday

23 May, more than 3000

people had been welcomed

to Critical Communications World

2013, making this event the most

visited yet in its 15-year history.

With visitors from more than

100 countries, and 40 new

exhibiting companies on the

show floor, the event continues

to lead the promotion of critical

communications worldwide.

Hanna Jackson, Event Director,

said: “The level of interest in

the show is testament to the

continuing strength of the TETRA

market, and to the willingness of

the industry to work together to

enable critical mobile broadband

solutions for the future.” n

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LEADING BUSINESS IN THE AMERICAS

Hytera has hired consulting

firm Quixoticity’s Managing

Director, Peter Clemons, to

take charge of its TETRA business

in both North and Latin America.

Peter has been involved in the

TETRA industry since 1996. He

is well known across both North

and Latin America where he has

helped to drive the deployment of

TETRA solutions and represented

the TCCA as a director and Board

member.

“We are delighted to welcome

Peter on board. We believe that

there is unlimited potential for

TETRA in the Americas and we

have set ourselves ambitious

goals which Peter will help us to

achieve,” said Matthias Klausing,

CEO and President, Hytera

Mobilfunk GmbH. n

ON THE MOVE

Artevea Digital’s T-MATRIX™

Network combines

Dispatcher, Network

Management, Telephone

Gateway and T-MATRIX™ ‘S’

product lines, and now it’s on the

move with Artevea Mobility™. The

product line includes tablet form

dispatchers and ATLS terminal

tracking software solutions to

accompany the established

T-MATRIX™ P portable sites. n

FROM THE END USER’S PERSPECTIVE

Piciorgros is launching its

TTS-2000 complete TETRA

Site Survey test device that

measures the RSSI field strength

of the main TETRA carrier and all

reported neighbour cells. The data

is stored as a –dBm value together

with the location coordinates,

Bit Error rate, antenna gain or

attenuation value, and the RSSI

values from the neighbour cells.

As main control graphical user

interface, an Apple Mini iPad

that can be installed on the car

windshield is used for measuring,

configuration, parameter setting

and device calibration.

Once the measuring process

is completed, the csv-based data

can be sent over a WiFi or GSM

network. The Google Maps-based

PC application viewer can show

the data as a graphical coverage

overview, or the user can process

it within Excel.

Conditions such as inactive base

station can be simulated, and –dBm

level set, to check a network in

extreme conditions. Test out the

claims on Stand D409. n

A highlight of the Selex

presence at the show

is the IMSS (Integrated

Mobile Security System) van in

the Security area on Stand B401.

The IMSS vehicle is equipped to

provide Blue Light organisations

with increased situational

awareness.

IMSS is designed to enable

coordination and support in

different scenarios such as

homeland security, critical

infrastructure protection, border

control, major event security

enforcement and emergency

support.

Selex ES, a Finmeccanica

company, has its solutions for

secure communications and

technologies deployed in more

than 50 countries.

See the Selex portfolio on

B401, covering the areas of Oil &

Gas, Transports, Control Centre,

Devices, Core Network and

Security. n

SITE SURVEY TEST DEVICE

INCREASED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS

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Hytera Mobilfunk GmbH CEO Matthias Krausing, right, with new hire Peter Clemons.

Artevea Digital goes mobile - look them up on Stand C405.

Blue Light support from Selex

IN RECOGNITION OF AN EXCEPTIONAL CAREER

Phil Godfrey, Chairman of the TCCA, presents Reino Talarmo of Cassidian with an engraved plaque following a speech to delegates that recognised an exceptional and distinguished career in critical communications.

Syntech Systems chose

Critical Communications

World for the international

launch of the TETRA Active

real-time monitoring and fault-

detection system.

TETRA Active is an automated

system for assessing how a

TETRA network functions from

the end user’s perspective. Data

is collected as part of normal

operations over extended periods

and from multiple locations. This

reduces the need to undertake

separate drive testing to identify

faults or verify service.

The data builds a

comprehensive picture of service

throughout the network, showing

the grade of service being

delivered.

Find out more about TETRA

Active on Stand A502.

Rohill and Huawei have

announced a partnership

aimed at combining their

individual strengths in LTE and

TETRA. The companies are

undertaking a joint development

programme to provide mobile

broadband solutions for the

mission and business critical

communications market.

With the growing number of

public and private LTE networks

globally, Rohill and Huawei see

an increasing customer demand

for mobile broadband networks

that integrate with existing

TETRA networks in order to

provide TETRA functionalities

on top of LTE. The LTE/TETRA

solution demonstrated at Critical

Communications World is first

step in executing a longer term

strategy of LTE/TETRA integration

and standardisation to enable

end users to make full use of data

capabilities offered by LTE.

Rohill and Huawei have said

they will develop solutions that

can be deployed on generic

3GPP defined frequency bands,

but also in other low and high

frequency bands to satisfy

specific coverage and capacity

requirements. Further terminals

will be developed that are open

to the standards and suitable for

different applications. Find out

more on the Rohill Stand A401. n

FIRST STEP IN LONG TERM STRATEGY


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Launched at last year’s Critical

Communications World,

TRACES from Motorola

Solutions allows public safety

network operators to collect,

visualise and evaluate real-time

data from mission-critical TETRA

networks allowing them to

view usage patterns and quickly

identify and react to coverage

black spots, thereby maintaining

a stable network at all times for

users in the field.

John Adams, Head of Radio

Services for London’s Metropolitan

Police Service, was the key driver

behind the development of the

concept. John presented at this

year’s Critical Communications

World on how to reduce the cost

of ownership of TETRA radios.

“TRACES was the result of a

piece of collaborative working,”

said John. “We had a requirement,

and by working together with our

suppliers, we arrived at a solution.”

The requirement was triggered

by having to send an engineer to

sort out reported coverage issues,

but when the engineer arrived the

problem could not be replicated.

London is a continually changing

environment, with buildings being

erected and taken down, so the

network needs to be continually

optimised. What was needed was

a way to see what the radio was

experiencing at the time of the

issue, and that’s what TRACES was

developed to achieve.

“With the TRACES software, no

engineering survey is required. We

have loaded TRACES on to 46,000

terminals, which is the majority

of those in use. We can see the

problem, see the corrective

actions required, and address the

issue remotely. TRACES has saved

me more than 20,000 man hours

over the last year.” n

SAVING MORE THAN 20,000 MAN HOURS

“WE HAD A REQUIREMENT, AND BY WORKING TOGETHER WITH OUR SUPPLIERS, WE ARRIVED AT A SOLUTION.”



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Today there is dedicated

spectrum for PPDR

use, but as the critical

communications world moves

towards a broadband future, what

news of dedicated spectrum for

LTE-based data services in Europe?

Around the world, decisions

are being made. 700 MHz is

already used for LTE broadband

services by the PPDR sector in

the United States. At Motorola’s

round table this week on the

future of public safety in EMEA,

Todd Early from the Public Safety

Communications Service for the

Texas Department of Public Safety

gave a presentation on how the

US is deploying LTE for public

safety.

On Wednesday the UAE

Telecommunications Regulatory

Authority (TRA) announced its

band plan for 700MHz, with

the possibility for additional

2 x 10MHz for more spectral

efficiency and for PPDR

applications. 5MHz has also

been considered for direct mode

operation to cater for the same

purpose.

South America has committed

to 400MHz in advance of the

major events planned there,

including the 2016 Olympic

Games. Australia has 800MHz,

China is looking at 1.4GHz. In

Europe, the need for at least

2x10MHz of LTE spectrum from

within the 700MHz band has

been identified.

The ITU-R, under the

UN, invites nations every

three to four years to the

World Radiocommunication

Conferences (WRC). It is the aim

of the WRC to review and revise

the Radio Regulations (RR), an

international treaty laying out

the use of the radio-frequency

spectrum for terrestrial, orbital and

maritime services. Revisions are

made on the basis of an agenda

agreed at the previous WRC.

The change of status of

the 700MHz band in ITU-R

Region 1 (Europe, Middle East

and Africa) from Broadcasting

to Mobile was taken at the

WRC12. The next WRC is in

November 2015 – so the

Emergency Services and their

users effectively have a 12

month window of opportunity

to make themselves and their

broadband requirements heard,

to influence the politicians,

the national regulators and

economists, so that the new

mobile status of this band

will result in national plans to

allocate sufficient spectrum for

broadband PPDR use.

The TCCA is leading this

lobbying activity through

its Critical Communications

Broadband Group (CCBG).

Specific responsibility for

spectrum activities lies with

Jeppe Jepsen, the TCCA’s

Director of Broadband

Spectrum. n

12 MONTHS TO SECURE HARMONISED SPECTRUM FOR PPDR IN EUROPE?

Jeppe Jepsen, TCCA Director of Broadband Spectrum

“USERS EFFECTIVELY HAVE A 12 MONTH WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THEMSELVES AND THEIR BROADBAND REQUIREMENTS HEARD, TO INFLUENCE THE POLITICIANS, THE NATIONAL REGULATORS AND ECONOMISTS.”



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A report commissioned

from LS telcom by Solaris

Mobile that compares the

performance of 700MHz and

2GHz networks for PPDR services

concludes that an integrated

terrestrial-satellite network,

using 2 GHz S-Band spectrum

for mobile broadband represents

a cost effective solution for the

PPDR sector across Europe.

The report makes a direct

comparison between the

performance of an expanded

700MHz network and that of a

2GHz terrestrial-satellite hybrid

network operating in Greater

London.

LS telcom found that “the Solaris

2GHz network [is] able to deliver

and exceed the stated PPDR

community data requirements and

provide good indoor coverage at

a cost per bit that is substantially

lower than the use of a 700 MHz

network in the same area.”

A 700MHz network covering

Greater London was estimated

to cost €3.5 million NPV/Mbps

compared to €1.9 million NPV/

Mbps for a terrestrial-satellite

network operating in S-Band.

The report also raises

concerns about the practicality

of expanding 700MHz spectrum

for the exclusive use of critical

communications users. The

conclusions noted that 700MHz

spectrum is unlikely to become

available for mobile usage until at

least 2018 and more likely 2020;

there is no guarantee that, once

700MHz spectrum is released,

it would automatically be made

available for PPDR services; and

the opportunity cost to Europe

of providing 2 x10 MHz for PPDR

services in the 700 MHz band is

estimated to be €5 billion.

To find out more, visit Solaris

Mobile on Stand D303 or LS

telcom on Stand C213. n

A report from the Swedish

Transport Administration

(Trafikverket), TRV

2013/13976 states that there is

a need for a solution to prevent

unwanted emission from the 3G

and 4G public network along

railway tracks.

The rollout of GSM-R in

Europe is finalised in the Nordic

countries, Germany, Belgium,

The Netherlands and Italy.

The Swedish Transport

Administration is currently

evaluating two suppliers. The

requirement on the filter is

extremely high, and requires

ceramic filters.

It is also stated that a decision

must be taken very soon either

to install switchable filters or

improve the radio modules on

trains. From the end of June

2015 the interference problem

from 3G/4G operators will

increase.

MIC Nordic can be found on

Stand A504. n

REPORT GIVES ALTERNATIVE TO ESTIMATED €5 BILLION COST OF PPDR SPECTRUM IN EUROPE

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IHS Inc. (NYSE:IHS) has

been tracking the market

for a number of mobile radio

infrastructure components

for a number of years, but has

published its first report dedicated

to examining the infrastructure

and system industry as a whole.

The study examined the all

the major LMR technologies

including TETRA, P25 and DMR

and found that the market for

LMR equipment, installation and

integration services was worth

$2.6 billion in 2012 and is forecast

to grow significantly over the

coming years.

With the migration to

digital gathering pace, this

is an interesting time in the

LMR industry especially for

those providing infrastructure

equipment and services. More

users are looking for new

digital LMR systems and with

an increasing range of digital

LMR technologies available at

a variety of price points, end

users now have more choice

than ever before. Additionally as

more than 80% of the worldwide

LMR installed base are still using

analogue and this represents

a significant opportunity

for suppliers of digital LMR

technologies.

Suppliers of TETRA

infrastructure are well positioned

to take advantage of the analogue

user base wishing to migrate

to digital. As TETRA is a mature

technology and has been tried

and tested around the world by a

wide variety of user groups, users

feel confident in selecting it for

their critical communications.

Although the nationwide public

safety networks are now mostly

complete in Europe, there is

some residual activity forecast for

the completion of the German

and Norwegian networks in the

next couple of years and TETRA

has been seeing increased

acceptance in vertical markets

and regions away from European

public safety.

In the next five years it is

predicted that it will be smaller

networks for sectors such as

transportation and utilities, will

be the most prevalent and drive

TETRA’s continued growth. So big

TETRA activity is set to continue

but from a shifting source. n

Deryn Evans is a Senior Market Analyst in the Critical Communications group at IHS. Within the group Deryn specialises in the TETRA industry, Licensed Mobile Radio Accessories and Infrastructure markets. Deryn can be contacted at CCW on the IHS stand A503 and at [email protected]

INFRASTRUCTURE AND SYSTEM INTEGRATIONBy Deryn Evans, Senior Market Analyst, IHS

Transportation set to drive TETRA’s continued growth

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