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Major UK FRS updates new control room tech
03/08/2023West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has updated its control room technology, with products supplied by Frequentis.
New Chinese train lines deploy TETRA
31/07/2023Hytera is providing TETRA technology to the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Intercity Metro Xihuan Line, phase one of which started operation at the end of June.
ETSI and TCCA: no TETRA ‘backdoor’
26/07/2023ETSI and TCCA have responded to research findings suggesting that inherent ‘security flaws’ exist within the TETRA standard.
PAC voices continued concerns over ESN
21/07/2023The UK Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has said that “significant costs are being created for emergency services” due to the protracted roll out of the Emergency Services Network.
Industry giant extends Rio contract
19/07/2023The Secretariat of State for the Military Police in Rio de Janeiro has extended its contract with Teltronic Brasil by a year.
Control room awards celebrate call taking staff
14/07/2023The winners of the 2023 Control Room Awards have been announced. The ceremony took place this week at the Leonardo Hotel and Conference Venue in Hinckley Island, Leicestershire.
Met Office digital tool provides climate change insight
10/07/2023The UK Met Office’s 'Climate Data Portal' has gone live, with the aim of giving telecoms organisations a better understanding of climate change.
Frequentis acquires recorder solutions specialist
05/07/2023Frequentis has bought Norwegian software company GuardREC ATC, which develops recorder solutions for the air traffic control market. The seller was the EMBRON Group, also based in Norway.
UK FRS updates fire station connectivity
04/07/2023Avon Fire and Rescue Service in the UK has rolled out routers manufactured by Cradlepoint to its 21 fire stations.
Industry giants announce Latin America collaboration
29/06/2023Telefónica and Nokia are collaborating, in order to deploy the latter’s “end-to-end portfolio of industrial grade private wireless network and digitalisation platform solutions” in Latin America.
Changes at the top at PSCE
27/06/2023Frequentis’ Charlotte Roesener has been nominated as the new president of Public Safety Communication Europe.
Nokia claims mmWave world first
26/06/2023Nokia has achieved sustained average downlink speeds of over two gigabits per second, using millimetre wave spectrum and 5G fixed wireless access. The achievement took place over a distance of just ...
Radiotek joins global critical comms brand
21/06/2023Two-way radio specialist Radiotek has joined CSE Crosscom, thereby becoming part of a “global player in critical communications systems.” This follows similar moves on the part of the latter company, ...
Dubai announced as CCW 2024 host
16/06/2023Dubai has been chosen to hold next year’s Critical Communications World. According to the host operator Nedaa, Dubai was “selected as the outstanding candidate in a highly competitive bidding field, ...
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