digital Cross-border


link over the sea I


users of the Swedish and German TETRA public safety networks were able to intercommunicate during a collaborative exercise on the southern Baltic Sea. Through an interconnection provided


by Cassidian, users of Germany’s BOS radio network were able to maintain radio communication with their colleagues, using their BOS radios, while they were in the Swedish Rakel network area. In addition, German and Swedish operators were able to use radios and dispatchers to talk to each other during the exercise.The trial demonstrated that TETRA group calls, individual calls, Short Data Service (SDS) messages and mobility management of radios can all work across network borders. Cassidian comments that its


success means that TETRA networks no longer need to be interconnected through analogue and PABX interfaces – and that abandoning the majority of TETRA services in order to achieve interconnectivity is not necessary either.


n the first cross-border TETRA roaming and interoperability trial of its kind,


In service, on time I


n Sweden, the public authorities’ nationwide Rakel network has been completed on schedule. Serving certain


commercial bodies such as utility companies as well as public order, security and health organizations, the TETRA-based system now offers user organizations the ability to co-operate fully on a national scale, free of the limitations of their previous radio networks. Provided by Cassidian (the defence and security division of EADS), the new network replaces some 200 earlier communications systems. Primary users of Rakel are Sweden’s police, coastguard, customs, rescue services, ambulance services and defence forces. Other important organizations, such as the Civil Aviation Administration and the Swedish Maritime Administration, can access the system in the event of exceptional incidents. With Rakel, users can communicate effectively with one another in their daily work, even if their tasks take them away from their normal area of operation. Rakel was delivered by a consortium consisting of Saab, Cassidian and Eltel Networks, contracted by the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB). With the completion in December of the last two of the project’s seven phases, covering the counties of Jämtland, Västerbotten and Norrbotten, Rakel is now in operational use throughout Sweden.


It serves around 31 000 users today, a number expected to rise to 70 000 within a few years. “Te original schedule and goals could only be reached with the concerted effort and good co-operation of all partners”, commented Dirk Borchardt, of Cassidian. “Te consortium has performed an excellent roll-out.” Since the first parts of the network entered operation in April 2006, the project has delivered a robust radio communication system built around some 1700 base stations and associated switches.


Police officers are among the many users of Sweden’s shared Rakel radio network


On the road, on the apron: officers of the KMAR force have chosen radios by Sepura to help in policing their country’s land borders and airports


replacing its existing Sepura TETRA radios with the company’s latest handportables. KMAR, a Sepura customer since 2002, is set to deploy 3500 Sepura STP8000 radios in the coming months, placing the most


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Cutting-edge radios for Netherlands police I


n the Netherlands, the Royal Military Police (Koninklijke Marechausee or KMAR) is


advanced communications technology in the hands of its users and officers. KMAR has wide-ranging responsibilities


which include protecting the country’s national borders and policing its airports. “Cutting-edge communications technology is integral to performing KMAR’s day-to-day


undertakings”, said Bas de Grood, chief executive of Abiom, Sepura’s distributor for the Benelux countries. “Sepura’s STP8000 delivers the failsafe performance KMAR needs and the ability to tailor the force’s communication capabilities to the requirements of any operational unit.”


TE TRA TODAY Issue 2 February - April 2011


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