contents TE TRA ISSUE 2 FEBRUARY-APRIL 2011
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INSPIRING THE TETRA COMMUNITY
News Recent TETRA developments, deployments and applications – including the fi rst TETRA demonstration system on US soil, upgrades to TETRA for the police of two Indian states, completion of Sweden’s nationwide Rakel network, and a digital academy in Qatar
TODAY
Incheon police and the G-20 As South Korea made ready to host last November’s summit meeting of world leaders, Incheon Police upgraded their TETRA network. Peter Clemons visited the city to hear the summit’s communications story 24
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Benefi ts of an open standard Phil Kidner, chief executive of the TETRA Association, outlines his organization’s role in developing, promoting and protecting radiocommunications for professional users – and underlines the value of an open standard in which those users can become involved 10
Dispelling digital myths Service provider Steve Nielson is helping to blaze a path for TETRA technology in North America with another of the new networks which went live recently. He tells the story of how the system got started – and explains why he wants to see TETRA take root in the US
Interfacing on demand David Taylor introduces the ODINI concept: by off ering the freedom to interconnect with other mobile technologies via a common, open interface, this could enable users to exercise real choice of suppliers, he argues 29
PMR on show TETRA technologies and products on display at Germany’s PMRExpo, including some of the latest handportables
Products
...including a TETRA Smart Board for industrial applications
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Rapid transit TETRA-based digital networks have become the natural choice for almost all new mobile radio installations in urban light rail and metro systems. Alun Lewis examines the reasons 16
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Cover picture T e Paris Metro, one of many urban transport sysems around the world now relying on TETRA for its mobile radio needs Photo:
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