norway Dagfinn Sjøvik adds: “I’m not sure to what extent it’s
applicable in other countries, but this project crosses lines inside different ministries. Also, in Norway you have crossovers between state and municipal responsibilities. “Te municipalities in Norway, they take their own
decisions based on their budget. Tey have to go on to the network – and of course there will be discussions on this with 430–440 municipalities, making sure of the setup of the project with the right mandate, who decides what on behalf of whom. If you answer those questions, you are well off!” “I also think that it has been very important to try to
educate the decision-makers”, Mr Lyngstøl says. “So we have been in meetings in Parliament with standing committees at the beginning – the standing committee of law and order and police and so on. But now it’s in the standing committee of communication and transportation. It has taken such a long time that there have been several ministers, several governments, several parliaments and two different committees within the parliament. So I think it’s important to really understand how you can get decisions. And of course it’s good to have some friends!” From an engineering standpoint, Dagfinn advises: “If you
do this over again, offering a new project, make sure that you are not biting off too much at the beginning. Te steps need to be something fairly easy to start. And focus on the basics. Introduce functionality in steps.”
In the real world Feedback from surveys of Nødnett users on the ground has been positive, with a widespread welcome for the system’s clear voice quality, better radio coverage, and its potential for improved personal safety for officers and co-operation between agencies. But while the Step 2 deployment ramps up, DNK has also
Photos: DNK, Norway
been taking a close look at the network data for July 22, to see what lessons can be drawn about the management and use of the system. “All the people that are working with training here, they
have got really to push forward now because everybody understands that this takes some learning”, says Tor Helge Lyngstøl. “And I think this may be the key focus area, to learn how to use this network in stress situations. Because they have tried it now, real world. Many people died. “Could the police have been on this island,Utøya, a quarter
earlier? Tat could have saved 20 young people’s lives. Tis is a big discussion. I think that we have taken quite a giant leap forward in Norway now when it comes to understanding the importance of such a network and the importance about learning how to utilize it. “In earlier days, there was much more focus on what I call
the day-to-day use of the network. Ten we talked high data rates and so on. But I think the focus has moved. Tis is now an emergency network and we need to know how to use it, because we never know when the next time is. “And we that are responsible for this, we really feel this
responsibility because we have all the user agencies on this system. It can’t fail. If this system fails, they have nothing. Of course, they can use DMO locally, we can go to fallback base station functionality – but thank God that it worked very well on July 22. It was really one of the things that worked.”
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