Tetrapol networks: Some European profiles

A profile comparison of Tetrapol

Interoperability

Tetrapol connects international forces for G8 Summit security

RUBIS

Richard Lambley writes in the independent Land Mobile magazine, April 2001 on Rubis, the world’s largest secure digital mobile network (cost, timeline etc.).

ACROPOL

The French Police Nationale network so call ACROPOL delivers today voice/data end to end encrypted communications to 75 per cent of the Police Nationale forces (Public security, criminal police, intelligence, prefectoral authorities, special branch...). The Project is on time, on budget and extremely reliable. Successful in June 1996, during the G7 summit meetings at Lyons, then in June 1998 during the world Football cup in Paris, St Etienne, Lyon, in July 2000 during the Concorde crash nearby Charles de Gaulle airport, last June 2004 during the D-Day 60th Anniversary in Normandy.

At the end of the roll-out, ACROPOL will give 100 per cent service to the overall 7 police forces in France. The size of the UHF network is 1,800 base stations, 200 switches, 130,000 radio terminals, seamless interoperability with the VHF Gendarmerie network and emergency services is operational.

SIRDEE

The Spanish network delivered a first class service to the Police Forces (National Police and Guardia Civil) during the tragic March 2004 bombing. The Tetra trial network in Madrid is in use by the municipal police for traffic enforcement. The national Police and Guardia Civil are in charge of Public safety mission critical not the municipal police.

The Spanish Ministry of the Interior is expanding its SIRDEE network with EADS systems

Elsewhere in Europe

 You may have heard about TETRA in France and Spain? Lyon police use TETRA, but they are alone: the French Gendarmerie use Tetrapol. Only one department in Spain uses TETRA (Catalan), the rest use Tetrapol. Tetrapol is in use succesfully in Brazil. What was used in the recent Iraq conflict by the British forces? Tetrapol by satellite.

 PEGAS Tetrapol success in Prague NATO conference, and US presidential visit, Romania

 Fewer base stations with TETRAPOL (from Norway)

 Hungary reports on Tetrapol success

 Tetrapol in use in Germany

 Tetrapol factsheet about introduction of POLYCOM Tetrapol system in Switzerland

 NATO chooses Tetrapol for Kabul

 Other profiles in the independent Land Mobile magazine.

 Telephony World reports on Tetrapol used at Mexico Summit

If TETRA were switched out for Tetrapol in the UK today, the first thing they would do apart from immediately saving costs, would be to take down a lot of masts. Already Tetrapol is in use over satellite links, so what better reasons than better performance, huge savings, removal of the dangerous pulsed frequencies and enhanced security? Is common sense too much to ask of our Government? Well, it does seem so.

 OK! Since we hear so much about TETRA from O2 Airwave, here is the advertising from the other side: Tetrapol press releases on their sales performance. Note the item about buying Nokia’s interest in TETRA; this is the PMR (private mobile radio) side of the business. Who was it said there was an issue of interoperability?

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