news Handover date for Norway’s radio project


‘Positive change’ “Te process leading up to change of turnkey supplier has been going on for a long time”, commented Tor Helge Lyngstøl, director of DNK. “In this period there has naturally been uncertainty about who will be our contract partner for the years to come. We are now very satisfied that this agreement between NSN and Motorola Solutions has been signed, as it will bring clarity in the vendor situation. “We regard the change as a positive change.


Tor Helge Lyngstøl, director of DNK: “We regard the change as a positive change”, he said


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esponsibility for building and operating Norway’s nationwide TETRA network, Nødnett (‘Emergency Network’,


featured in Issue 5 of TETRA TODAY), is to be transferred at the end of February 2012 from Nokia Siemens Networks to Motorola Solutions. Nødnett is a multi-agency digital radio


communication system owned by a Norwegian government body, (DNK, the Directorate for Emergency Communication), which is responsible to the Ministry of Justice. After an extended trial in the Oslo region,


Norway’s parliament voted last June to expand Nødnett to full national coverage by the end of 2015 – an ambitious programme calling for a total of around 2000 base stations. Te project is the first to have TEDS advanced wireless data services written into its specification. Hitherto, Motorola has been the supplier of


the core TETRA infrastructure for Nødnett, but it will now also become the prime contractor, providing all managed services for the rollout and implementation of the system.


Mission-critical radio solutions are a core area for Motorola, and we are therefore pleased that Motorola’s role in the project is being expanded. Motorola has been a key supplier of the core technology in the Nødnett Project from Day One. Tis change of contractor therefore entails few changes for the Norwegian government. “It is important for DNK that the change


of contractor does not have a negative effect of the rollout, implementation and operation of Nødnett. Motorola is already an experienced part of the Nødnett project, and has together with NSN and DNK participated in the planning of the rollout of Nødnett.”


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‘Best fit’ Esa Harju, of Nokia Siemens Networks, said of Motorola Solutions: “We believe it has the best fit to take over responsibility for the Nødnett project, as Nokia Siemens Networks continues to build a sharper focus on its new strategy around mobile broadband with leading commercial operators. We believe that working with a leading TETRA


In Step 1: police: 4988 fire: 2857 health: 970 others: 280


operation and maintenance


technology supplier will also benefit the overall project, and offer excellent opportunities for employees working on it.”


Following the success of a pilot deployment in the Oslo region (Step 1, shown in red), Nødnett is to be expanded to national coverage through five new construction phases. With some 2000 base stations operating in the 380–400MHz band, the system will be required to reach areas of little or no population, including Norway’s long border with Sweden, Finland and Russia


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In Step 1: police: 4988 fire: 2857 health: 970 others: 280


Agency control rooms: Police: 27 (6 in Step 1) + 3 special units Fire: 24 (5 in Step 1) Health: 23 AMK (3 in Step 1) 89 emergency response centres in hospitals (15 in Step 1) 165 GPOC centres (20 in Step 1)


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Adding extra radio resilience to a critical power network Motorola explains that Dimetra TETRA


otorola Solutions has recently upgraded and expanded TETRA


networks in two major German cities for the power company Vattenfall Europe Distribution. Systems in Berlin and Hamburg have been enhanced with additional redundant elements to improve resilience, and the software has been upgraded to the latest Dimetra Release 8.0 platform.


Issue 6 2012 TE TRA TODAY


Release 8.0 delivers many new capabilities to users and enables significant reduction of operating costs for users through reduced site footprint, efficient site connectivity options and a reduction in power consumption of up to 60 percent. For Vattenfall, the improvements will mean increased capacity and lower running costs


through streamlined system upgrades and maintenance. The TETRA radio networks enable Vattenfall to communicate reliably with field employees at all times: even if public mobile or fixed telephone networks should fail during some disaster, it will still be possible for Vattenfall to contact its technicians because of the redundant infrastructure of the TETRA radio systems.


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