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technologies to pick from, and
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a widening choice of devices and applications for speech and data, it might be surprising that the subject of our main case study this month has chosen to stay with analogue technology for a big new expansion. But MPT trunking is well understood and trusted all over the world. And in any case, it is a digital technology in all but the speech. PMR is no high-fashion business: even today, PMR users expect their system to deliver benefits over a decade and more. So next time round, it will more than likely be a digital system – but for now, MPT is doing the job. Richard Lambley, Editor
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Deputy editor: David Taylor
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M2M: connecting a 70-mile Olympic art installation 12 How wireless devices made this concept a reality along Hadrian’s Wall
News
LTE services will be available in 16 British cities by Christmas, following a controversial licensing decision ahead of Ofcom’s auction and penalty notices can now be served on business radio users who neglect to renew their licences
Switching on
M2M technology is connecting bins in a green initiative by local authorities in The Netherlands and guarding against vehicle theft in the UK 8
Digital
A Tetra-based mobile app to support police stop-and-search encounters is delivering rapid benefi ts; and a further series of DMR interoperability tests has expanded the choice of equipment for digital radio users
Cutting the wires
Peter Johnson, of Alcatel Lucent, assesses the opportunity for fourth-generation wireless technology in electricity distribution as utilities prepare to deploy smart grids
Power of communication
While the trend towards digital radio is accelerating, this major electricity utility is not merely staying with its trusted analogue MPT network but launching a large expansion 16
LAND mobile September 2012 14 10 4 Mobile payments
John Boniface highlights two important value- adds through which network operators could ensure widespread take-up of mobile money and long-term revenues
M2M and the connected car
It’s not a question of if but of when, says Stephane Petti, as he charts a bright future for wireless devices in the automotive world 24
Alternative power
Wake Norris shows how to maximize savings at remote radio sites through the use of wind and solar energy sources
Will 4G kill Wi-Fi?
Chris Bull argues that a niche will continue to exist between 4G and fi xed broadband
Products
A handheld protection device for lone workers and mobile computers for fi eld use
People
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Looking at... a signalling storm
Neil McKinlay on headaches created for mobile operators by the smartphone revolution
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