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Digital radio energizes big Russian gas supply line


Khabarovsk–Vladivostok pipeline, constructed by the Russian energy company Gazprom to deliver natural gas to China and Russia’s Far East regions. Total length of the pipeline route exceeds


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1800 km. When its 14 compressor stations are in operation, the pipeline will be able to convey 30 billion cubic metres of natural gas per year. In the fi rst stage of the project, 1350 km


of pipeline were completed, ready to supply energy resources for – among other consumers – the 2012 Asia-Pacifi c Economic Cooperation Summit, a major international event which will take place near Vladivostok in September. T e area’s infrastructure is being extensively improved in preparation for this meeting. TETRA radio


equipment for the pipeline is being supplied by Selex Elsag, a Finmeccanica company, through


The pipeline will link the Sakhalin offshore gas fi elds with Vladivostok, Russia’s largest port on the Pacifi c Ocean


An large gas pipeline scheme in Russia’s far east is relying on a TETRA radiocommunications system


its Russian partner Bermos, under a contract worth €4 million. Selex Elsag says it was selected for the


project because of the capabilities of its TETRA solutions, which assure prompt, secure and reliable digital communications in any operational conditions. Since the 1990s the company has been Gazprom’s main provider of professional radio communication systems. Gazprom’s evolution from analogue systems


to TETRA technology began in 2008 with the provision of the fi rst digital networks along pipelines and new extraction plants – beginning with the SEG (Severo-Evropeiskiy Gazoprovod, the North-European Gas Pipeline), through which Gazprom supplies natural gas to Russia’s north-western regions, the Baltic countries and northern Europe.


Container Terminals (ECT) to serve its container terminals in the Port of Rotterdam.


Radios unboxed at container hub A


TETRA system has been ordered by the seaport operator European


TETRA digital radio system is to provide mobile communications support along the Sakhalin–


New York buses


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nother major mobile radio user in North America has undertaken


testing of a TETRA digital radio system, following the relaxation of US regulations which formerly excluded the European standard from the large North American market. The two-site pilot system was


operated by MTA New York City Transit (NYCT), the US’s largest public transport operator, in collaboration with PowerTrunk, the North American offshoot of the Spanish mobile radio manufacturer Teltronic, enabling NYCT to evaluate the TETRA system independently. The pilot demonstrated the multiple


features and functionality of TETRA technology using a range of radio equipment from PowerTrunk, including a telecom switch, base stations, mobile units for buses and support vehicles, handportables, a dispatcher station with two operator positions and a gateway to the telephone network to test cell and PABX/PSTN handovers.


‘TETRA has arrived’ PowerTrunk reports that the NYCT trial revealed advantages for the user in radio effi ciency and capacity, equipment size and capabilities, in network management, in cost savings and other factors. “Our TETRA land mobile radio solution


These terminals are among the largest in the world and by far the largest in the western hemisphere. Even the largest container ships can berth at them, 24 hours a day. The digital radio system will be installed


by system integrator SAIT Zenitel Netherlands, using TETRA infrastructure from the Dutch manufacturer Rohill. With three radio sites and more than 20 line-connected dispatcher positions, it will support 450 handportable and 350 mobile radios. Due to enter operation in mid-2012, the


new installation will cover both the Delta Terminal and the Euromax Terminal.


Cargoes: handling containers at one of ECT’s terminals in the Port of Rotterdam (Photo: ECT)


is uniquely suited for transportation systems as proven by the networks we have installed in such major cities as Mexico City, Barcelona, Bogotá and Rio”, said José Martín, executive vide- president and chief operating offi cer of PowerTrunk. “Now we are proud that such a prominent metropolis as New York City hosted our TETRA pilot for its transit system. I would like to say to American LMR users that TETRA has arrived in the US.”


 MTA New York City Transit’s bus fl eet numbers over 5900 vehicles and carries an average of 2·69 million users each weekday on more than 280 local and express routes. Its subway network has 660 miles of track.


4 TE TRA TODAY Issue 6 2012


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