World Congress News The 8th TETRA World Congress
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Growth in all sectors as TETRA reaches further around the world during 2005 October 2005 lists over 788 significant TETRA infrastructure and terminal contracts awarded in 77 countries – a contract growth of 27% compared to the last survey in 2004. Just as the survey was completed, announcements were made 7% in Hungary and in the UK Commercial & Industry 3% of nationwide contracts – Confidential 5% for the Hungarian Public Government 6% Safety services and for the English Fire and Rescue Military 6% Services respectively. Oil & Gas 2% Phil Godfrey, the TETRA PAMR 3% Association’s Chairman commented, “This is the PSS 45% third year in a row we have been able to report
The annual contract survey by the TETRA Association shows that TETRA has been deployed in over 40% of the world’s nations. The most recent contract review completed in Transportation 23%
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double figure growth in TETRA contracts. Not only has TETRA become the de facto standard for Public Safety users, it is also achieving significant growth in other market sectors such as Transportation and Commercial markets.” This success story for TETRA is echoed from around the world.
Placing the last piece of the puzzle? At yesterday’s TETRA Association Press Briefing, Hans Borgonjen, TETRA Association Board member and one of the founder members of the combined group of European Public Safety communications officers who have been helping to turn the Schengen vision into a reality, commented that, “Germany is very close to a momentous Public Safety communications decision. Their choice of a new communications technology will be a significant step to completing the harmonisation we are all hoping for.” Germany’s central role for PSS communications in Europe Mr Borgonjen demonstrated evidence of the strong support of
the political parties of the CDU and SPD coalition to the new national communications network with
reference to a quote directly from the coalition agreement showing the commitment to push forward the plans for building Germany’s new public safety network. “In order to improve PSS communications capabilities we will
push the introduction of a digital network (,Einführung des Digitalfunks‘) in coordination with the federal states and within the framework of the selected operator model. It must be our goal to provide nationwide coverage, a universal standard and a fair cost-splitting between Federal Government and the federal states“. Hans concluded that the picture puzzle has most of its pieces already set out across Europe forming a strong and coherent map of TETRA users. He added, “Just one or two gaps remain. The pieces have been identified and the best way to achieve the solution is clear – TETRA. It just remains to put them into place.”
In this issue: An array of antennas; Gala Awards ceremony tonight and how to get there; new contracts; new products; an innovative covert solution and a clue to yesterday’s language competition.
The top two user segments by contract volume are still Public Safety and Transportation who, between them, represent over two-thirds of the global market. However, growth in absolute terms for the Transportation market has now overtaken the Public Safety market. TETRA now deployed in 77 countries around the world Growth for TETRA has been strong in all regions around the world. With a large installed base, numerical growth continues to be most in the regions where national networks have been installed and users enjoy the benefit of multi-vendor choice and interoperability. This is focussed in Europe. However the fastest growing regions in percentage terms during the survey period were Africa and the Middle East, demonstrating TETRA’s momentum as a standard and its penetration into new markets outside of Europe.
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EADS shows the way forward EADS is using the TETRA World Congress 2005 to launch two new applications that open up a whole new world of possibilities for maximising the benefit of the THR880i radio GPS functionality.
and Korean. These latest additions complement the already extensive list, which now includes Arabic, Catalan, Chinese simplified, Chinese traditional (two versions), Dutch, English, Farsi, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Spanish and Swedish. In
addition to offering display texts in any of these languages, the radio can also offer voice feedback. Each radio terminal is equipped with a choice of up to three languages at a time. Hopefully you wan’t need GPS to find your way to EADS on Stand D4.
Damm demonstrates TetraFlex Waypoint guide is a standard feature in all THR880i radios with release version 4.0. It allows users to find their way with the help of GPS coordinates and a distinctive pointer screen. The Java-based City Map application enables the user to view their own position and that of colleagues on a map on the terminal screen. The THR880i radio now supports 17 languages thanks to the addition of Hungarian, Farsi
Damm Cellular Systems are showing off their TetraFlex ® Micro System for single site use in local and rural applications or in deployment areas. A new System Control Unit with enhanced facilities is shown in live operation, including a CPU, built in battery back-up for one hour operation on two carriers, lightning protection, PABX connectivity and dispatcher and network management facilities. Visit Stand F2 and see some interesting equipment demonstrations that include an Italian AVL application based on GPS positioning presented by GEG
The new System Control unit SC421 in use.
Telecommunicazioni and a Danish application providing connectivity between TetraFlex® and DECT presented by Danimex Communications.
APD upgrades Swedish police Mobile information specialist APD has signed a contract with partner Steria AB to provide The Swedish National Police Board (“Rikspolisstyrelsen” or “RPS”) with an upgrade to its existing communication system. The new APD ‘CORTEX’ system is designed to complement the RPS’s integrated telephone, mobile and police radio networks. It will build on the success of APD’s roll out of an earlier version of its CORTEX system to all 21 RPS control rooms in 2000, and will enable the support of TETRA radio systems. The new CORTEX system is set to go live in Autumn 2006. Superintendent Mats Dahl said, “I am happy with the new system. It was important for us to find a solution that could be easily integrated due to the time restrictions involved in bringing the control room system software in line with the TETRA infrastructure. APD had the best capability.” Check out the data on Stand G3.
Committed to driving the development of TETRA Already selected by over 500 organisations in more than 70 countries world-wide Sepura offers the largest portfolio of TETRA radio products.
For more information about Sepura, please visit www.sepura.com
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Frogne TETRA in Fyns Taxa Fyns Taxa, eight independent taxi companies and control centres, spread over the island Fyn and parts of South of Jutland in Denmark, have chosen to replace their PMR network with a TETRA solution from Frogne. The TETRA network covers an area of approx. 5.300 square kilometres using six sites. The network uses Rohill’s TetraNode solution, with its future-proof IP-centric softswitch architecture. Each vehicle is equipped with Frogne’s on-board system including a TFT touch-screen terminal with integrated navigation, a mobile printer and
an on-board computer with GPS. For communication be-
yond radio coverage the vehicles have a GSM GPRS module. Besides AVL for the automatic dispatching of the jobs, the system also enables on-line credit card transactions, database queries and the collecting of operating data. To see more, visit Frogne’s stand P1 and Rohill’s stand C1.
Zenitel flying high with ChuChubi In September 2004, Zenitel opened the first commercial TETRA radio communication system in the Netherlands Antilles. Zenitel Caribbean, based in Aruba, St. Maarten and Curaçao has operated commercial analogue trunking systems since 1991.
Phonak strikes with Cobra Phonak Communications’ Wireless PTT Cobra Set is the latest in covert communications. This remote control solution is fully compatible with the latest generation of TETRA handheld terminals. You can put Phonak under surveillance on Stand G7.
To meet the demands of today’s market, which include encryption, dedicated emergency button, data communications, full duplex private communications, full redundancy, status and text messaging, fleet management and more, Zenitel has now invested in a new digital infrastructure called ChuChubi Trunking. ChuChubi is a Caribbean bird – stories tell of the ChuChubi carrying news from one place to another in the Caribbean. As the system provides the pipeline for fast, reliable and secure communications, this inspired the choice of ChuChubi as the name for the new network, which has just celebrated connecting its 2000 th subscriber. You can see Zenitel if you hop down to Stand E4.
Motorola wins TETRA train deals The Danish State Railways (DSB) S-train has awarded Motorola and TetraNet the contract to provide a new TETRA communications network for the DSB’s service personnel, including train inspectors and drivers. This award means that all public transportation organisations in Copenhagen now rely on TETRA technology. The contract covers a voice and data network and the provision of Motorola MTH800 portable radios, plus equipment for DSB S-train’s command and control centres, airtime service and maintenance.
The network will be delivered before the end of 2005 – its rapid rollout is part of DSB Strain’s IT strategy to improve efficiency. Continuing the railway theme, the China Electronic Technology Corp. No. 54 Research Institute has selected Motorola to provide a TETRA digital trunked radio system for the Beijing Urban Rail Transportation’s Beijing Metro Line 5, which will form part of the city’s ongoing plans to develop and expand its public transportation system. Make tracks to see Motorola on Stand E1.
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Not just radios
Skymasts’ world first
The humble antenna has evolved into an item of serious sophistication. An integral part of any TETRA solution for high quality voice and data communications, the antenna is a vital system or radio component. Portable devices with combined GPS, vehicle fitted multi-frequency products that don’t lower resale values of leased assets and major, tower based arrays. These pages give a glimpse of TETRA’s antenna diversity !
Skymasts Antennas’ new high gain 40-degree X-Pol panel antenna, the 756.40.16, is on show this week in Frankfurt. Originally developed for, and being widely used throughout the Russian CDMA 450 market, the 756.40.16 has been specifically designed for sector optimisation and high-density sites. It is the first antenna of its type in the
First time for TEL-CAB Italian company TELCAB Srl is showing its portfolio of antennas, cabling and connectors at the World Congress for the first time. TELCAB is launching its line of products developed for TETRA, and specifically one new mobile antenna, the TAT 912. A mobile combined active GPS antenna, the T-AT 912 works across TETRA, GSM and UMTS networks. TETRA offerings include fixed omnidirectional antennas in fibreglass and aluminium,
yagi, low profile and mobile antennas. For more information on their portfolio, talk to TEL-CAB on Stand B14.
world, and trials are now being carried out with both TETRA and other operators. Offering 16.5dBi gain with a 40-degree HBW and 19 degrees VBW, electrical beamtilt is available as an option. Combined with the 65, 90 and 120-degree panel antennas offered by Skymasts, operators are given a wide choice to design sector beamwidths according to traffic load; the 756.40.16
Sigma can now tilt TETRA Sigma Wireless has launched its iVET TETRA Panel here at the TETRA World Congress. iVET is a remotely controlled variable electrical tilt base station antenna system. This control system is integrated into the TETRA panel and remotely activated via a device communicating with RD 485 such as a PDA, a laptop or remotely from a central control centre. The communication control software is based around a newly defined protocol called the AISG (Antenna Interface Standard Group) standard. See if the story stands up on G2.
can also be used in a six-sector high capacity site and for rural highways. Skymasts has projects in Russia, Bangladesh, North Africa, Croatia, the UK and Tanzania, to name but a few. You can visit them on Stand B8.
A Vision for the Future
Artevea Digital, formerly Simoco, is proud to announce it’s emergence as the new global player in the TETRA market.
Artevea will continue to lead the world in TM
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Multi frequency mobile antennas AntenneTechnik ABB has developed antennas that solve the problem caused by the growing use of leased cars and commercial vehicles by public authorities. Leasing companies do not want to inherit a vehicle that has been drilled with anything up to four 10/12 mm diameter holes. AntenneTechnik ABB antenna designs allow for an antenna to provide combinations of all, or some of the following frequencies on one structure: AM/FM – GSM 900/1800 – GPS – TETRA – VHF – UHF – DAB Radio. The company has been making multi frequency antennas for many years, mainly for the German auto and broadcast industries, and as result of a management buyout has expanded its operation to cover the whole of Europe and industrialised countries. Connect up with the sales team on Stand A7.
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Coming soon at an antenna site near you
Kathrein’s Remote Electrical Tilt (RET) system According to the company, antennas with 30° half power beam width and versions with adjustable electrical downtilt will soon be available from them. They believe that wireless network operators attempting to reach the maximum capacity and performance of their operating system will be helped by integrating these remote
controlled electrical adjustable downtilt (RET) systems. As well as reducing the need for specialist rigging and altitude working services, they also believe their solution will assist a speedy adjustments whatever the weather. Good news for Riggers! Stand C5 is the place to visit to test out their claims.
Underground TETRA users should still receive transmissions ‘loud and clear’ Aerial Facilities Limited has launched a new high output power, high capacity TETRA power amplifier. This unit has been specifically designed to provide a launch power for road and rail tunnels and underground metro TETRA systems. The new amplifier is, according to the company, the highest performing in its class, capable of providing output carrier signal levels as follows: • 1 Carrier +44dBm • 2 Carriers +39dBm • 4 Carriers +35dBm
Instant communication ensures that potentially small incidents do not escalate and turn into big disasters. Motorola solutions give oil refineries greater control. Problems are identified right away. Mobile Data feeds crews all the necessary information and directs them to the incident site immediately. And with voice communications, employees continuously correspond with one another, so the job gets done safely. Discover how Motorola is linking people, assets and information - securely - and empowering oil refinery supervisors to instantly react to emergencies. Visit us on stand E1.
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The high power capability should reduce the number of line amplifiers required in the system producing a more cost effective solution. Options include an optical fibre interface (single mode), dry contact alarm, 6 hours standby battery or RS-232 control with alarm reporting over fibre or PSTN/GSM modem. In addition, full remote alarm monitoring is available. No need to dig a tunnel – just walk round to Stand C3 to hear more.
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Nemo’s new tool Nemo Technologies’ air interface measurement tool, Nemo Outdoor, now enables measurements on TETRA networks. The integration of Nemo TETRA and Nemo Outdoor guarantees flexible TETRA measurements with the same proficiency as with all other supported Nemo Outdoor offers technologies. The integration graphic UI features. builds on the proven reliability of the previous version while profiting from altogether new levels of user-friendliness, performance, and versatility. You can find Nemo on Stand P9.
Gala Evening and Awards tonight Make sure you leave enough time to get to the Wintergarden, our venue for tonight’s Gala Evening and Awards. It’s not very far to walk from here in the Forum Messe. Admission will be by invitation only – you can get yours from the TWC registration desk. If you’re walking, follow these directions. It should take about 10 to 15 minutes to walk. Exit the main gate and turn right. Walk in the direction of the central station and city centre along the B44 / FriedrichEbert-Anlage. Turn left into MainzerLandstraße, towards the Alte Oper. After approximately 200 m the Wintergarten/DZ Bank building will be on your left.
MeTaxis? Volos City Taxi in Greece has chosen Sepura TETRA technology to help boost operational efficiency. Its entire fleet is now equipped with Sepura SRM2000 Mobile Radios with integrated GPS. The contract was won in conjunction with ANCO, one of Sepura’s authorised distributors in Greece. “The objective was to improve productivity across the fleet,” states Gregory Papakonstantinou, Manager of Radio Communications at ANCO. “Volos City Taxi expects to achieve at least a 30% increase in job throughput as a result of its investment in TETRA technology. In addition, the TAXI dispatching and AVL software application, which takes advantage of the SRM2000’s flexible PEI, was developed by ANCO with this objective in mind”. Taxi down to see Sepura on Stands D1 and D2.
If you’re going by taxi, ask them to take you to the following address: Foyer im Wintergarten, Westend Strasse 1, Frankfurt am Main
Listen, Deliver and Inspire
VIVISTA
The SunGard Vivista DS2000, Probably the UK’s favourite Integrated Communications Control System SunGard Vivista is committed to the development of a ‘next generation’ ICCS, and would be happy to discuss with potential customers how investment in a DS2000 system now would enable future migration to systems that will best meet customer needs in 5 to 10 years time. This ability to provide an evolutionary approach stems from the DS2000’s modular architecture which allows additional components to be easily added to support new technologies, such as new radio systems, new telephony signalling and new delivery standards. The open standards interfaces allow for ease of integration with other product offerings from SunGard Vivista and others, thereby assisting customers to implement an integrated control room solution now. In the future they will be further enhanced to provide additional functionality as customers move towards a seamless single control room solution of totally complimentary components. Visit us on Stand P7 in the Applications Village SunGard Vivista and You – Stronger Together
www.sungard.com/vivista SunGard Vivista Limited, Methuen Park, Bath Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire SN14 0TW For further information contact info@vivista.co.uk SunGard and the SunGard logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SunGard Data Systems Inc. or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and other countries. All other trade names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright 2005 SunGard Vivista Limited – Registered Office: 33 St Mary Axe, London, EC3A 8AA.
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Wednesday’s World Congress programme at a glance Morning Plenary session – Main Conference room
Afternoon Stream E – Transport and Utilities
09:15 09:20
Introduction from the Chair, John Cox, CEO, TETRA Association Examining the TETRA Financing and Operational Model for Germany Dr Hans Gerd Prodoehl, Managing Director, goetzpartners Zaragoza City Council’s Innovative Financial Model for TETRA Martin Nicolas, Board Member & Public Safety Officer, Zaragoza City Hall
14:30
Innovative Applications Safeguarding Motorway Users with TETRA Jan-Luc Anthonioz & Valéry-Pierre Chalimon, Autoroutes Paris Rhin Rhône Refreshments and Opportunity to visit the Exhibition and Applications Village Shanghai Police – Mobile Data on the Beat Chen Zhi Kang, Director, Science & Technology Division, Shanghai Police TETRA Innovation Showcase – led by the TETRA Association TETRA & Beyond, Doug Gray, Chairman, ETSI Technical Committee TETRA Lunch and Opportunity to visit the Exhibition and Applications Village
15:25
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Afternoon Stream D – Public Safety and Security 14:30 14:35 15:00 15:25 15:50 16:30 16:55 17:20 17:55
Introduction from the Chair Anssi Kuusela, Chief Information Officer, Helsinki Rescue Department Developing Applications and Devices to Enhance Organisational Efficiency and Response, John Rogers, Head of Mobile Data, O2 Airwave TETRA Solutions for a Changing World Carlos Sartorius, Vice President & General Manager, Motorola Deployable TETRA Systems with E2E Encryption General H. Nachrowi Ramli, Lembaga Sandi, Government of Indonesia Refreshments and Opportunity to visit the Exhibition and Applications Village TETRA Digital Trunked Network for the FSO at the Russian Federation President’s Residence in Sochi, General Victor Demin, FSO User Experiences From Catalonia, Josep Ma. Rexach, CIO, Internal Affairs Department, Regional Governement of Catalonia TETRA For The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Stephan Sandner, Media Consultant, Organising Committee, 2006 FIFA World Cup End of Day 2
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Introduction from the Chair Risto Toikkanen, Manager, Standards & Industry Cooperation, EADS TETRA Communications for Santiago De Chile Metro Alejandro McDonough, Industry Division Director, Siemens Chile Tunnel and In-house Communication, Mühleberg Nuclear Power Station, Switzerland KKW Mühleberg Using TETRA In Hong Kong for the Busiest Port in the World Thomson Ho, I.T. Infrastructure Manager, Modern Terminal, Hong Kong Refreshments and Opportunity to visit the Exhibition and Applications Village TETRA as a Key Element In Power System Control and Monitoring Chu Wing Yuen, Telecom Manager, China Light and Power TETRA Networks for Public Transportation Jan van der Meij & Han van der Wal, Zenitel Netherlands Implementing a TETRA Solution for the Pusan Newport, Korea Kim Chang Hyun, Advisory Manager, Samsung SDS Air/Seaport Infra Team End of Day 2
Afternoon Stream F – Applications 14:30 14:35 15:00 15:25 15:50 16:30 16:55 17:20 17:55
Introduction from the Chair Jeppe Jepsen, Director, International Business Relations, Motorola Data Messaging Services on TETRA Networks Pekka Nurhonen, Police IT Management Agency, Finland & Hannu Aronsson, Portalify The Benefits of Speech Recognition Technology on the Airwave Network John Blakeman, Head of Airwave Business Benefits, West Midlands Police TETRA for Multi-Agency Communications in a 300 car accident across 4 Motorways Leif Johansson, Commander, Keski-Uusimaa Rescue Agency Refreshments and Opportunity to visit the Exhibition and Applications Village How TETRA Is being Used for Private Security Purposes Jean Claude Juchem, Managing Director, Group 4 Falck, Luxemburg Integrating APLS into Emergency Disaster Planning ICT Solutions Sibel Sebüktekin, Director ICT Solutions Public Safety, Indiqo-RB&W Integrating Legacy Applications, Gilles Thévenet, Business Development Director, Integration and Service Division, Alcatel End of Day 2
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