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Wednesday May 26th 2010
TEDS takes centre stage The 2010 TETRA World Congress has opened with a raft of announcements around the availability of TETRA Enhanced Data Services, known as TEDS. This marks a significant shift in the capabilities of TETRA networks and devices, and will enable the technology to be even more valuable to the critical communications user. Phil Godfrey, Chairman of industry representative The TETRA Association, said: “The availability of TEDS is a very important step forward for TETRA as it demonstrates the continuing development of the standard. This is essential to maintain TETRA as a vital and advancing technology.”
Complete suite from Motorola Motorola has chosen this week’s event to announce TEDS-capable radios and infrastructure, headed by the MTM5400 radio, the first TETRA mobile with voice and TEDS capability. The MTM5400 also includes advanced local networking capabilities, as well as over-the-air programming – an industry first – to enable more efficient fleet management. Critical communications users can benefit from higher data speeds through the integrated TEDS capability, delivering an increase in data throughput of 20x or more to back office systems and remote databases. The radio also includes an integrated repeater-gateway function and a 10W transmission power capability to ensure secure and resilient communication, regardless of coverage availability. The world’s smallest TEDScapable base station has also been launched by Motorola. The MTS1 provides a range of adaptable indoor and outdoor implementation solutions, including wall- and pole- mounted installation options for enhanced coverage inside buildings and tunnels. The MTS4E completes Motorola’s hardware launch line-up this week. The world’s first multi-band TETRA base station, the TEDS-capable MTS4E enables operators with access to multi-
ple frequency bands to maximise network capacity. The MTS4E has already been delivered to Airwave in the UK. The MTS1 and MTS4E base stations have been designed to support Motorola’s new Dimetra™ 7.1 software platform. This is designed to provide mission critical end users such as police, fire or ambulance services with a range of capabilities that allow simplified, higher-speed access to data, improved network security and flexible network capacity and coverage. “The introduction of the Dimetra 7.1 software platform reaffirms our support for the industry trend of evolving mission critical networks,” said Jens Kristiansen, vice president and ge-
Motorola’s MTM5400 TEDS radio for voice and data
neral manager, TETRA Global Products and Solutions, Motorola. “Motorola demonstrates once again the ability to remain at the forefront of mission critical
technology by taking full advantage of the benefits of TEDS and recognising the importance of the industry’s ever-changing technological requirements.”
EADS delivers on data
The first TEDS data radio
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In the field, TEDS is currently being tested by State Security Networks, operator of the Finnish VIRVE network, using equipment from EADS. On the same day the trials were made public last week, EADS announced the world’s first TEDS data radio. Designed for vehicle, or integrated use, the EADS TEDS radio inclu-
des the first direct IP connectivity via Ethernet as well as via standard USB. Integrated GPS enables high-speed location-based services such as transmission of maps with real-time updated position information. Dirk Borkchardt, Head of Security & Communication Solutions at EADS Defence & Security said: “I’m proud of this major achievement: bringing the world's first continued on page 2
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TEDS testing with VIRVE. Front: Antti Jeronen, Chief Superintendent, Finnish National Police Board, and Yrjö Pylvänäinen, Director, State Security Networks Oy with test and support team in the background
TEDS radio available to the market, a radio that transforms TETRA to a mission critical data service. It is a result of the close dialogue with our customers and commitment of our teams to develop leading edge products that enable our customers – the public safety operatives – to perform their duties more securely and efficiently.”
Triple deal for Axell China’s underground train (metro) networks in Beijing, Guangzhou and Nanjing will be supported by a public safety system deployed by the British wireless coverage specialist, Axell Wireless. Working with individual systems integrators in the Chinese market, Axell Wireless has secured contracts to deploy TETRA repeaters. The repeaters will ensure that high quality wireless coverage
for mobile communications and public safety services is maintained on each of the three networks: the Beijing Metro Line M15, the Guangzhou Metro Line 3 extension and APM line, and the Nanjing Metro Line 1 extension. Ian Brown, Axell Wireless CEO, said: “China’s cities are growing
Colourful Console Drop in on Sepura, Stand B301 and see the new Colour Console and SRG3900 TETRA Gateway Repeater radio. The SRG3900 is the latest evolution of Sepura’s SRG3500 gateway radio, and incorporates all the features of the best selling SRG3500 gateway and repeater including dual console support and 10 Watts RF Power. The new Sepura Colour Console (SCC) complements the SRG3900 radio, with a large high resolution colour screen allowing the display of high quality photographs and maps. With the introduction of three text mode sizes and a new ‘night mode’ which reduces Repeater success – glare – ideal when driving at see Axell Wireless on night – Sepura has taken every Stand C201. possible care to ensure an enhanced user experience. at a rapid pace as is the transport infrastructure required to support that development. Through the deployment of our Find out … TETRA technologies, we … all about TEDS in the are helping to ensure the safety Congress Plenary session and security of passengers on Future TETRA, Broadband and IP, three of the country’s largest 09.25, Thursday 27th May metro networks.”
New handheld radio for 800 MHz Visitors to the TETRA World Congress in Singapore are among the first to meet the new member of the EADS radio family – the THR8. The new Lifeguard feature (also known as man down) recognises if the radio stops moving, or remains horizontal for too long. If the user then fails to respond to an “activity request” or prompt
from the radio, the unit automatically triggers an alarm and sends its coordinates to a predefined destination. The unique “Where are you?” feature shows the distance and direction of a caller’s radio on the receiving radio’s display. This now comes with the added ability to save the caller's or the user's position during a call as a waypoint for later reference. The THR8 also offers optional display settings – i.e. the user may decide to divert the display upwards when carrying the radio on their belt. It is also possible to turn off the display backlight while the radio remains fully functional, preventing officers from giving away their location during covert operations, and stopping unauthorised people from reading the screen. Find out more on Stand B401. The THR8 @ 800MHz
Officially open !
The TETRA World Congress 2010 was officially opened today by Phil Godfrey, right, Chairman of the TETRA Association, and Phil Kidner, TETRA Association CEO, left. The two scrolls unrolled to reveal the words ‘Welcome’ and ‘Good Luck’ in Mandarin. The opening ceremony was followed by a display of traditional music and dancing.
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Shenzhen city police select Sepura
DAMM introduces TETRA SNMP Solution
TETRA radios. The gateway acts as a relay point for both handheld and other vehicle radios, extending the trunked network into areas of limited coverage or network dead spots usually found inside buildings, deep inside tunnels or in remote rural locations. The repeater allows multiple direct mode users to exFutian district policed by TETRA. See Sepura on change voice and data Stand B301. messages reliably over a The win was achieved in con- wider area, and in areas with no existing network coverage. junction with Shenzhen Xinghuo Electronic Engineering Co. Sepura’s Chinese partner. Futian district has a population of about one million and is home Rohde & Schwarz has installed a to many high-rises which include TETRA system in the new Donsome of the most prestigious bass Arena in Donetsk, Ukraine. buildings in the city. It is mainly The system will provide commua residential district and is known nications for security staff and as “The hub of living in Shenzhen”. Sepura will supply Futian po- rescue teams during large-scale events such as soccer games or lice with STP hand-portable and concerts. The digital radio network SRG gateway repeater vehicle
With the introduction of the TetraFlex® SNMP Solution, Damm has added another application facility to its range of TETRA application services. The SNMP Solution enables the DAMM TetraFlex solution to connect to any SNMP Management Application for surveillance and monitoring of the TETRA network together with other attached networks. Any SNMP Management Application can be connected to the TetraFlex WAN and gain access to the status of the TetraFlex® network through the
Sepura has been awarded the contract to supply TETRA radios to the Futian District’s Police Force in the city of Shenzhen in China.
“SNMP Gateway”. The gateway is supported by any node in the network that is used as a common gateway for all other nodes. DAMM has also announced an upgrade in features for its range of TETRA applications, including the Voice and Data logging facility supporting up to 254 nodes, and the advanced TetraFlex® Dispatcher solution, now supporting customized overlaying map configurations, GPS tracking and improved user friendliness with drag and drop functionalities. Meet DAMM at Stand C302.
Rohde & Schwarz scores in Ukraine covers the entire stadium as well as its immediate surroundings. In 2012, the Donbass Arena will be one of the sites of the European soccer championship. The home of the FC Shakhtar Donetsk was inaugurated in the summer of 2009 and can hold
about 50,000 people during a soccer game. With the ACCESSNET®-T TETRA digital radio system, the stadium will comply with the stringent requirements set for the venue’s communications infrastructure. Rohde & Schwarz can be found on Stand C601.
THR8 The new 800 MHz TETRA radio www.eads.com/twc
Showcasing the new Scripting Engine Visit the TETRA Association Stand E604 to see Testing Technologies showcase the PEI scripting engine developed in cooperation with the Association. The engine addresses the needs of TETRA infrastructure and terminal manufacturers and operators deploying TETRA networks and application developers. Testing Technologies will be demonstrating the automation of interoperability test cases as well as the automatic analysis of contents of an air analyzer log file. The basic method for testing the interoperability of TETRA systems is the ‘black box’ method. For a given set of inputs there exists a set of expected outputs, which can be validated. This approach is forced on the test strategy as the only testable interfaces are the PEI, if present,
mance to the ETSI air interface specification, and vice versa. Based on the “PEI Scripting Engine Framework” the automation of interoperability test cases will be performed by the test automation system and comprise only the PEI interface to control the mobile station and optionally logging of the Radio Terminal Testing mobile station. The air interface log file test system prototype will perform an automatic in depth analysis of the contents of log file sets that were gatheApplications Testing red with a TETRA air analyzer. The tests are executed and tests are inevitably entwined performed within a TETRA envias the mobile station terminal requires a software machine in- ronment provided by the TETRA terface to demonstrate its confor- Association. and the air interface, which is common to all TETRA equipments. Conformance and interoperability
Willtek’s new TETRA tester Stop off at Stand F310 and have a chat with Willtek Communications about their new 2305 Stabilock, the latest member of the 2300 series specifically designed for TETRA measurements.
The new 2305 Stabilock from Willtek
The 2305 Stabilock supports repair and Go/NoGo testing at both mobile radios and base stations, and will be available next month (June 2010).
Don’t miss … Congress Stream A – Innovation and Complementary Technologies – 14.30 Thursday 27th May
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South Africa prepares to welcome the FIFA 2010 Football World Cup Football fans everywhere will be focused on South Africa this Summer as the world’s premier football gala comes to town. Matches will be played across the country at ten stadiums in nine cities, and EADS TETRA radio communications will be ready to help the South African Police Services (SAPS) oversee the tournament’s safety and security. EADS and local partners Integcomm and Saab Grintek Technologies will supply, test, commission and operate a large TETRA network to provide secure communications in the Eastern Cape, with coverage of the whole of Port Elizabeth, including the match venues. Roll out is nearing completion and the network, comprising more than 200 base stations and 10,000 EADS termi-
nals, will provide communications for 16,000 provincial officers across a region that is home to some seven million people. SAPS is one of the first customers to have purchased TETRA Enhanced Data Service (TEDS) for their network, to provide highcapacity data services for advanced command, control and dispatching communications, including mobile video transmission. Cape Town prepares for extra traffic with TETRA-based airport communications. The new network the soccer celebration. This sys- will be used by around 100 Airwill complement another EADS tem, delivered through local ports Company South Africa TETRA network at South Africa’s EADS partner, Integcomm, will (ACSA) staff. Cape Town International Airport, include a TB3 base station and also ordered in preparation for
Training for the future
TETRA ready in Tshwane
Singapore to ensure the university is fully up to date on all TETRA developments. Kerry-Lynn said: “We have been running courses since the beginning of this year, and had our official launch on 30 April. We keep the class sizes small to ensure full involvement of all students, and the feedback so far has been extremely positive.” The prime contractor for this contract is Integcomm, also the South African supplier/distributor for EADS. TETRA training will be included in NMMU formal programmes. The training facility is known as the TETRA Academy, and is the first of its kind internationally to offer TETRA training in collaboration with a Higher Education institution. The training includes short courses, and formal Information Technology and Clearly having a good time – the first Class of 2010 at Engineering Diplothe new TETRA Academy at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. mas and Degrees.
A new TETRA system is due to go live this week in the South Africa city of Tshwane, one of the 2010 FIFA World Cup host cities. The contract was won by UNIMO and is being delivered using infrastructure from Rohill. Tshwane is getting ready to welcome the world in style. The minister for Sports Recreation Arts and Culture, Khorombi Dau, said that the city is beginning to come alive with the distinctive red and orange branding of the tournament. A total of 200 minibus taxis are being branded in Tshwane 2010 colours, and bus shelters all over Tshwane carry the face of World Cup mascot Zakumi and the City of Champions message and around 90 buses are being newly branded for the tournament. The stadiums are ready and waiting. The upgrades to the Loftus Versfeld Stadium were mostly completed for the Confederations Cup 2009, but during the past 10 months the final touches have been done and all the 49,500 seats have been replaced. Super Stadium in Atteridgeville – now to be named Lucas Moripe
The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, has teamed up with Integcomm and EADS to train thousands of South African Police Service members to use TETRA equipment. This cooperation resulted in a fully fledged TETRA Training Centre in the Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology. Senior Lecturer Dr Kerry-Lynn Thomson is one of the four TETRA trainers at NMMU, all trained by EADS. Kerry-Lynn is attending the TETRA World Congress in
Stadium – is now a world-class facility having already hosted numerous international matches. Rohill is supplying 11 TETRA base stations, a redundant switching Node plus redundant E1 based telephone gateway, command and control centre. Initially, there will be 2000 users. The system will be used by officials in the police, fire and disaster management departments, as well as personnel in the electricity, water and sanitation departments. The TETRA system will also be in use on the city’s metro system. MMC Dau said: “Safety and security remains a priority and every precaution has been taken to protect locals and visitors in this time of activity. We have installed an additional 100 CCTV surveillance cameras at the various precincts and hot spots and our new TETRA system will dramatically improve our coverage of the city. An additional 559 metro police officer have been trained and deployed, as well as over 100 disaster management officers. Over 10,000 volunteers in these two areas have been trained for the tournament.”
Three times more from Sepura Sepura has tripled its range of audio accessories to meet customers’ operational requirements.
All kitted out
Five sides of SELEX SELEX Communications have designed their Stand A501 in five sections – four showcasing their expertise in the markets of Mass Transit, Public Safety & Security, Peacekeeping and Oil & Gas. The fifth sector is dedicated to PERSEUS, which enables the integration of different PMR solutions through IP and VoIP technologies, and the new TETRA-Adaptanet infrastructure.
The new accessories include a two wire patrol solution and a tactical headset with throat-microphones, and have all been designed to suit a broad range of field deployments. One of the first successes has been with the Portuguese government. Working closely with Portuguese police officials, Sepura delivered TETRA accessories identical to the police’s existing analogue accessory solution.
The new Sepura motorcycle kits can be used for both vehicle and hand-portable radio installations. The kits can accommodate a full range of applications; from small to large bikes, from low cost to advanced functionality, from wired to wireless including Bluetooth, and are available in three different tiers: Standard, Enhanced and Advanced – each with progressively increasing levels of functionality. Choose your accessory on Stand B301.
Savox in Shenzhen The Savox Communications Group has announced a new Sales and Support operation in China, based in Shenzhen. The company has also announced the rebranding of Lowe Electronics Ltd to complete its full integration into the group. This brings a pedigree of over 40 years’ experience in delivering professional audio accessories to the police, public safety and security markets under the Savox banner. See Savox on Stand E311.
New TETRA network for Winter Olympics 2014 SELEX Communications and TETRASVYAZ have announced that a new TETRA network will be built for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russian Federation. This will be one of the largest TETRA networks in Eastern Europe and will cover a significant part of the Krasnodar region. The network will consist of 90 base stations
and two switching and control nodes, and will cover the Olympic facilities, settlements, airports and transport routes on Russia’s Black Sea coast. The system will be constructed by TETRASVYAZ and the Russian state corporation Olympstroy. SELEX will provide the TETRA infrastructure, which will include the communications con-
trol centre, dispatching centre, antenna feeders, base stations and subscriber units. The network will also provide data transfer from GLONASS satellites and monitoring services for mobile facilities. The network will be designed for migration to TEDS (TETRA II) at launch. The system is scheduled for completion by 2012.
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Airwave ahead with Apollo Airwave has announced it is ahead of schedule in delivering the communications solutions for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Airwave is designing and building the ‘Apollo’ PMR network on behalf of LOCOG (London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games). This will provide guaranteed, secure coverage for up to 12,500 organisers across all London 2012 venues. It’s a highly complex task, but crucial to the success of the event as it allows organisers to maintain contact. Delivery reached an important half-way milestone in April, with 50 per cent of all sites built. The company now has 10 months to complete the building and testing of Apollo before it is put through its paces at various test events in 2011. Richard Bobbett, Chief Executive of Airwave, said: “Reliable communication is imperative to the smooth running of the London 2012 Games, and the safety
More metro for EADS
The Aquatics Centre planned for London 2012
of the competitors and spectators alike. The scale of the task is significant – not only do we need to support LOCOG during the Games, but we have to ensure the organisations that rely on Airwave every day – the police, fire and ambulance services – can continue their operations throughout exceptional circumstances in London and the rest of the UK for the duration of the Games. Ian Johnston, Director of Security and Resilience at LOCOG, said: “The London 2012 Games will be
the world’s largest sporting event and we need to be able to guarantee secure and reliable communications between our venues and personnel. Thanks to the help of Airwave’s technology, we will be able to ensure this.” Check out Airwave’s expertise on Stand D302.
Don’t miss … … Congress Stream B – TETRA for Transport – today at 14.30
EADS has been selected to deliver TETRA coverage for Line 2 of the Shenyang Metro in northeast China. This contract follows the successful delivery of an EADS TETRA system for the metro’s Line 1. EADS will provide 20 additional TB3 TETRA base stations and five dispatcher stations, fully integrated into the existing TETRA system, as well as 430 TETRA radios. EADS will install the equipment and provide training and technical support services, and will work with the system integrator, Shenyang Neusoft Co., Ltd., to develop data applications that use the TETRA system and meet the special needs of metro operations. The TETRA system will support train dispatching, operation and management, helping to ensure personnel safety for Shenyang Metro. The system is scheduled for service by the end of 2011. Track EADS on Stand B401.