Finland: Virve 2.0 launches RFI for 3GPP MCX services
State Security Networks Group Finland (Erillisverkot) has launched a request for information (RFI) on 3GPP standards-based mission-critical voice, data and video services (MCX) to inform the second phase of the Virve 2.0 project.
TCCA: new strategy, same goal
Mladen Vratonjić, TCCA Board Chair, speaks to Sam Fenwick about TCCA’s strategy and priorities, along with some of the biggest issues in the mission-critical communications market
BroadWay awards framework agreements to four consortia
On 7 October, the the BroadWay Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) project signed framework agreements with the lead tenderers of four successful consortia – which are lead by Airbus DS SLC, Frequentis, Leonardo and Rohill – for the development of innovative solutions to provide broadband mobile communication services to enable public safety responders to be operationally mobile throughout Europe.
Motorola Solutions launches MCPTT-based services in Australia
Motorola Solutions is launching its WAVE PTX Government communications service in Australia, that extends the reach of mission-critical radio systems, provides interoperable voice and multimedia services, and includes Critical Connect, which connects multiple public safety agencies to secure real-time voice and data.
Airbus’s technology used during Barents Rescue 2019
As the supplier of the TETRA infrastructure that underpins the Finnish (Virve) and Swedish (Rakel) nationwide public safety networks, Airbus’s technology was used during the Barents Rescue event that took place at the end of September in Kiruna, Sweden.
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