EADS Defence & Security to enable world's first operational cross-border communication between two nationwide TETRA networks
* Germany's BOS and Sweden's Rakel networks to trial operational cross-border communications, supporting standard Inter-System Interface (ISI) deployment
* Operational cross-border communication trial in line with the Schengen Agreement and EU Council recommendations
* Trial to show basic roaming and interoperability features between different TETRA networks in two EU member states
27 May 2010
The world’s first TETRA operational ISI standard-based cross-border communication between two national authority networks will be trialled during 2010. The network operators, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) and the Federal Agency for Digital Radio of Security Authorities and Organisations (BDBOS) have signed an agreement to launch a cooperative project with EADS Defence & Security to implement and trial cross-border communications. The trial will involve frontline authorities from Sweden and Germany, and is planned to take place during November and December 2010.
The operational trial will center around an exercise in international incident management, and will use TETRA for cross-border communications. The aim is to study how TETRA functionalities can improve radio communication and cooperation between two countries' authorities. It will also demonstrate the usability of TETRA communications in managing an international incident.
"This trial goes to show that authorities involved in a cross-border incident in another country can communicate with each other and with their international counterparts as securely and seamlessly as in their everyday operations in their home country," says Dr. Gabriele Knoll, Head of Directorate-General, BDBOS.
"The Rakel network brings significant security benefits to Sweden," says Stefan Kvarnerås, Head of the Rakel organization, MSB. "The trial expands these benefits. We have developed the trial and operational concepts to be able to meet the call for cross-border communications that the Council of the European Union have very high on their agenda."
“EADS Defence & Security was the first to prove in independent tests that its TETRA networks can be interconnected according to the ETSI TC-TETRA ISI standard, and this project is a direct continuation of our strategy to ensure interoperability between networks," says Dirk Borchardt, Head of Security and Communication Solutions at EADS Defence & Security. “This trial shows that modern technology can make a difference in real, demanding operations".
The trial between Sweden and Germany will study mobility management of radios, group calls, inter-network individual calls and inter-network short messages (SDS), as well as control room interoperability.
About BDBOS
The Federal Agency for Digital Radio of Security Authorities and Organizations (BDBOS):
The task of the BDBOS is to set up, operate and ensure the operability of a digital voice and data communication system for public safety and security services and disaster relief organizations at the Federal and State level, such as police forces, fire brigades, and rescue services.
The Federal Agency guarantees the nationwide uniformity of the new radio system, which will replace the technically obsolete analogue radio system currently used by safety and security services. The BDBOS is responsible for the overall coordination of this modernization project and represents the users’ interests.
With some 500,000 users, the German BOS digital radio network will be the worldwide largest of its kind. Approximately 4300-4500 radio locations and 62 mobile switching centres, of which four transit-switching centres, and two network management centres reveal the dimension of this largest modernisation project for internal security in Germany. BOS digital radio will guarantee nationwide communication for police forces, fire brigades and rescue services in everyday situations as well as for crisis management and emergency operations.
About Rakel MSB
Rakel is a digital radio communications system used by public policy, public security any public health entities.
The MSB has the overall responsibility to expand, develop and support the Rakel system, which is currently used by municipalities, counties, national agencies and even commercial entities. The system streamlines everyday communications, and enables new ways of working, which increases readiness and with it, ultimately the ability to manage an emergency. In order for Rakel to be adopted by an agency or organisation, a thorough analysis and identification of communication and information channels and routines is required, which in itself increases the civil protection preparedness as a whole.
Rakel is meant to merge all civil protection agencies and organisations into one common forum, increasing information exchanges across organisational and sector boundaries. During the recovery phase of an emergency the system can be used as a tool for monitoring and evaluation, where communications routines and operations can be easily analysed.
About EADS Defence & Security
EADS Defence & Security is a world leading provider of mission-critical communication and Command and Control solutions.
DS is a systems solutions provider for armed forces and civil security worldwide. Its portfolio ranges from sensors and secure networks through missiles to aircraft and UAVs as well as global security, service and support solutions. In 2009, DS – with around 21,000 employees – achieved revenues of € 5.4 billion. EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2009, EADS generated revenues of € 42.8 billion and employed a workforce of about 119,000.
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