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London 2012's critical communications ready for service
Airwave, the leading provider of critical voice and data communications to public service organisations in the UK, has announced that the private mobile radio (PMR) service infrastructure for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games is ready for service
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Bringing broadband to the world’s poorest communities
New Broadband Commission report advocates catalytic mix of appropriate technologies, innovative financing, training and locally relevant content more
The national TETRA Forum Poland (TFP) has joined the TETRA Association
The goal of the TFP is to promote the TETRA standard on the polish market moreProducts
New european member of the Hytera family
Hytera Mobilfunk GmbH now provides TETRA and DMR radio infrastructure and terminals more
Cassidian's technology secured recent visit of the Pope during the World Youth Day in Madrid
Cassidian and Telefónica provided network maintenance services for the user organisations and 24/24 hour emergency support more
Zetron’s Acom provides communications for one of World’s largest natural gas projects
Zetron announced its shipment of a 25-position Advanced Communication (Acom) System to Kentz Engineers and Constructors. The state-of-the art, IP-based Acom system will be used for dispatch and emergency call handling at the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project in Australia, one of the largest natural gas projects in the world
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Taking TETRA indoors – provision of in-building coverage for public safety and private networks
The wireless networks for public safety based on TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) are at the final stages of deployment in most European countries more
Analysys Mason study into public safety mobile broadband and spectrum needs
The majority of public safety users in Europe currently use dedicated radio networks for their mobile communications that have been designed specifically to meet their needs. These networks typically use digital mobile communications technologies such as TETRA or TETRAPOL and operate using spectrum in the 380–400MHz band. They offer a range of low-rate data services, but the speed and capacity available within those networks limits the more widespread use of higher-speed data applications
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