It is sobering to realise that already we are embarking on a new decade. Perhaps even more sobering is to reflect back and see just how far TETRA has come since the year 2000.

Fire departments need to rely on handsets that are tested to meet the most rigorous of standards to ensure reliability under difficult or extreme conditions.

Swedish Radio Supply (SRS) and Radiocom Denmark developed an innovative solution in order to facilitate communication between two national TETRA public safety networks during the International Climate Conference in Copenhagen.

Despite the global recession and a rocky second quarter, the TETRA terminals market showed its resilience in a difficult 2009. IMS Research’s latest report on the worldwide LMR market estimated 2009 TETRA shipments increased more than five per cent year-on-year.

The spring TETRAtraining courses for 2010 will take place during week commencing 15th March in London, UK. These will include the TETRAfirst, TETRAcomplete and TETRAsecurity courses.

Funk-Electronic Piciorgros have announced successful demonstration of Optimised Short Data Service (OSDS) over TETRA networks.  OSDS uses readily available and proven mechanisms in the TETRA standard, and Piciorgros claims up to twofold throughput in comparison with the standard method to exchange short data messages.

Is Public Safety using its spectrum efficiently?
By Risto Toikkanen, TETRA Association Board Member with responsibility for the Spectrum Group within the Association

News in brief from around the world.

Each year the TETRA Association, in partnership with IIR, holds its flagship event, TETRA World Congress (TWC).  This year, from the 25th to 27th May, it will be in Singapore. Up to a hundred exhibitors and over 2000 delegates participate.

Teltronic, the Spanish based manufacturer of TETRA infrastructure and terminals, has a reputation for innovation and the integration of TETRA with other digital technologies.