contents TE TRA ISSUE 1 NOVEMBER 2010 - FEBRUARY 2011
TE TRA TODAY is published by: A&D Media Ltd, Jesses Farm, Snow Hill, Dinton, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP3 5HN, UK Tel. +44 1722 716996 Fax: +44 1722 716926
INSPIRING THE TETRA COMMUNITY
Publisher’s welcome Jon Benson introduces TETRA TODAY, a quarterly magazine designed for the worldwide TETRA community
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News Recent TETRA developments, deployments and applications – including a police network in Mongolia, modernization for fi re service communications in Denmark, an inter-system link for border police and government forces in Romania, and high-availability data routeing to connect the public safety network in Germany 6
The TETRA system Competition, innovation and interoperability: Jeppe Jepsen, of the TETRA Association, highlights some of the many benefi ts of digital mobile radio networks based on TETRA technology – a standard designed expressly for communications among professional user organizations who work in groups
Finding more spectrum Risto Toikkanen, of the TETRA Association, reports on eff orts to obtain additional spectrum for emergency services, including public protection and disaster relief organizations
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TETRA takes off For mission-critical ground communications at busy airports, TETRA is now the natural choice. Alun Lewis looks into the reasons 19
Air terminals A large TETRA installation is contributing to the growing success of Germany’s second- busiest airport. Richard Lambley fl ew in to see it in action and to hear from the people concerned
Taking TETRA forward Phil Kidner, chief executive of the TETRA Association, answers questions from Tim Guest about the past, present and future of the TETRA standard
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Cover picture Munich Airport, Germany – the subject of this issue’s TETRA case study (photo: FMG)
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