Airbus and Bulgaria’s Telcom Engineering Ltd have received a contract award to extend and modernise the public security network of the Bulgarian Ministry of Interior (MoI). The contract was signed mid-April this year and the final acceptance was granted in early October.
MOI’s network provides secure communication services to almost twenty thousand users and consists of more than 170 base stations.
Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria
Airbus has already delivered new base stations, the new DXTA TETRA server, ten dispatching work stations, a network management system (NMS) upgrade, Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), a new billing solution and capability to allow broadband users to join the TETRA communication network via the use of the Tactilon Agnet application.
“…With the implementation of our Tactilon Agnet, the Bulgarian public safety network has now become one of the most modern TETRA networks and one of the first in the world enabling seamless group communication between TETRA and commercial smartphone users,” said Olivier Koczan, head of Secure Land Communications at Airbus.
“Our relationship with TETRA Bulgarian MoI dates back many years, when the decision was taken to build a nationwide TETRA network in the country,” adds Koczan. “The ambitious delivery schedule of the new contract was made possible by the very close cooperation between the Bulgarian MoI, Telcom Engineering Ltd and Airbus teams.”
The network is used by public safety users such as police, border guards, fire-brigades and rescue services. It has been extended to provide additional coverage to the European Union’s external borders.
MoI's control room
Images copyright: MoI Bulgaria
