contents TE TRA ISSUE 7 2012 CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS
News A UK rescue organization uses TETRA to address a communications problem at a lifeboat station; the Republic of Kazakhstan upgrades its public safety radio network; Malaysia is set for the largest TETRA network outside Europe; research looks at the potential growth in covert devices; new support contract for Beijing; English ambulance service is the fi rst to adopt new TETRA Messenger service; rocket motor factory improves lone worker safety; and Norwegian public safety project completes contract handover
Applications With the consumer market for applications booming, Alun Lewis looks at how similar technologies can be utilized by the TETRA community
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Control rooms In today’s increasingly IP-based control rooms, isolating an ICCS is no way to protect it from external threats. David Cohen explains how the world, and system design, have moved on 12
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Broadband channels A surprise move in Geneva has boosted eff orts to fi nd broadband channels for critical communications. Jeppe Jepsen reports on progress in Europe and around the world 20
ATEX handsets Many radio users face the hazards of potentially explosive atmospheres in their working environments. But with radio equipment certifi ed as intrinsically safe, they can communicate without creating accidental ignition. Tim Guest looks into ATEX equipment
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International TETRA Awards T e great and the good of the TETRA world gathered at London’s Savoy Hotel in March for the inaugural International TETRA Awards. T e awards – a collaboration between TETRA TODAY magazine and the TETRA + Critical Communications Association (TCCA) – have been designed to celebrate the achievements of TETRA community worldwide. David Taylor, deputy editor of TETRA TODAY, reports 30
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