TETRA

In the latest of a series of major contract wins in Central and Eastern Europe, Sepura has just completed the delivery of TETRA radios to the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of the Republic of Kazakhstan. This is the largest single order for public safety users in the region, and was completed just three months after contracts were signed. The radios will be helping police forces across the country to maintain contact, share information and coordinate activities across wide distances, in a territory that rivals the whole of Western Europe for size. As well as over 1,000 powerful desktop and vehicle SRG3900 radios, including gateways and repeaters, the police in Kazakhstan will also be equipped with over 8,300 robust STP8000 hand-portable TETRA radios. In addition, as required by the MoI’s technical specifications, all radios will incorporate bespoke on line applications developed - using Sepura’s Short Data Applications - by Agat, the Almaty based systems integrator. Sepura radios deliver crystal-clear communication even against high levels of background noise and are ideal in mission critical operations. The radios incorporate important security and safety features, such as GPS positioning, a single-press emergency button and motion sensing technology to generate automatic man-down alerts. Designed to perform in the most challenging environments, the radios will be able to operate in the extreme weather conditions found in many areas of Kazakhstan. The contract follows the migration of the Republic’s radio network from analogue to digital, with the adoption of the digital trunked TETRA standard. The network, deployed by infrastructure supplier Thales, builds on existing elements of communications and radio systems in the Republic’s provincial towns, including the main cities of Astana and Almaty. Sepura repeater and gateway technology will enable users to extend communications to areas beyond the reach of network base stations. Sepura radios were distributed locally by Sepura’s partner Wellcomm. ”We’re delighted that we were able to work with Sepura to deliver this high profile and large project as promptly as the customer demanded. We can say with confidence that Sepura radios perfectly meet the MoI’s communications and security requirements” comments Wellcomm’s General Director Aleksey Tyan. Kasper Barfoed, Regional Director North Europe for Sepura, added: “Over the last few years we have supplied equipment for Kazakhstan’s radio network as well as TETRA terminals for the police force in the capital of Almaty. This contract marks our continuing relationship with governments in the region. We are also continuing to work closely with public safety services in Russia and Ukraine, the two largest member countries in Central and Eastern Europe.”   Rosanna Norman Marketing Communications Manager   Sepura plc Radio House, St Andrew's Road Cambridge, CB4 1GR, UK T: +44 (0) 1223 877283 M: +44 (0) 7887 942274 F: +44 (0) 1223 879000 www.sepura.com

On the 1st of December the historically grand opening of Almaty Metro was taking place, with the officially inauguration made by Nursulatan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan. The construction began in 1988. The project was delayed for many years, because of the collapse of Soviet Union, which Kazakhstan was part of. The construction cost is estimated at 101 billion tenge ($1 billion). Almaty is the largest city of Kazakhstan, with a population of about 1,5 million people. Almaty is regarded as the commercial capital of Kazakhstan The first line opened will run between 7 stations and has an overall length of 8,5 km. When the second phase of the underground system is completed, the new lines will be 17.5 kilometers and it will include 11 stations. It was decided to equip Almaty Metro with the most up to date technology available. This included the choice of DAMM’s TetraFlex for the radio communication infrastructure as a natural choice. The deployed TetraFlex solution consists of 9 dual carrier outdoor base-stations, which gives radio coverage to underground tubes and train stations. The number of sub-scribers in this first phase, are about 150 (both mobile and portable radios). The TetraFlex outdoor base stations gives the advantage of low installation costs, because they can be mounted directly in the very harsh, dusty and humid environments of underground tunnels. The integration of the DAMM’s TetraFlex solution into the Metro IT infrastructure was done by the company LightOn, which was the official contractor. Mr. Oleg Zimenkov, President of Light-On states that, the main reason for choosing Damm TetraFlex was to ensure a reliable and secure communication system. With DAMM’s TetraFlex solution being a truly de-centralized solution, it leaves no single point of failure. Also the cost savings in installing an outdoor base station solution with extremely low power consumption played an important role. This combined with the flexibility/scalability due to the IP based connectivity, and the feature rich applications optimized for Russian speaking users (Dispatcher, Log-Server and Network management), provided a future proof solution, with the highest possible reliability. Per Skovsund, Director of System Business at DAMM comments: "We are happy adding Almaty Metro to another major city Metro operation. Rail and Metro is a very important market for us. Through many years of experience from this sector we fully understand the critical importance of providing crucial communications integration between operations, staff, passengers and emergency units, enhancing efficiency and safety as well as the satisfaction of personnel and passengers.” Key TetraFlex® features for rail and metro communications  IP65 protected housing for direct installation in harsh environments Compact design Easy and quick scalability without interruption of operation Reliability: redundancy, back-ups and no single point of failure Low power consumption Free choice of terminal suppliers Easily accessible API for easy integration into third party systems High cost effectiveness    Issued by Bettina L. Johannsen, DAMM Cellular Systems Tel. +45 74423500 E-mail: blj@damm.dk

A worn out existing Land Mobile Radio system led to an immediate request for a new TETRA communication system for Billund airport. Covering 400 acres in the south-west of Denmark and handling more than 2,6 mio. passengers a year for both domestic and international travelling makes Billund a critical traffic node for travelers as well as cargo.  The delivery time had to be short, and the system had to take over all communication with full functionality from day 1 without further testing and without interrupting any operations.  Soon, a single site redundant 2 carrier TetraFlex® system was delivered and installed handling the mission critical communication to approximately 200 subscribers across the airport operation. The system is primarily used for Luggage handling, De-icing services and Catering personnel, but also ground personnel, security officers and check-in services stay connected via TetraFlex®. With just 2 carriers TetraFlex® offers full coverage both indoor and outdoor as well as extended coverage beyond what was required for the outdoor area.  Being a cost effective solution as well as a system easy to handle, maintain and operate was the key reasons for choosing TetraFlex® for this project. Also, due to the short implementation phase, the system needed to be intuitive to use. Build on a Windows platform, TetraFlex ® fully meets this need. Completely satisfied with the system, Billund airport is now working towards connecting TetraFlex® to other existing communication systems thereby enabling communication across functionalities and technology.