TETRA Market Overview

Jeppe Jepsen
Vice-Chair
TETRA Association

User choice
Technology choices:

TDMA 25kHz systems

CDMA MHz networks
APCO 25
Traditional FM 25/12.5/6.25kHz
MESA broadband
GSM

Conclusion TETRA.... the economic

higher capacity solution that can be
customised to meet users needs

TETRA the Ideal Common

Platform
Matches Public Protection and Disaster
Relief (PPDR) requirements
-- 380/400MHz (TETRA) identified by ITU
Already widely deployed
Longevity global standard
In daily use by Public Safety organisations
Competitive procurement = Cost effective
solutions

3 Country Pilot - Scenario Results

Operational tests between Germany,
Belgium & Holland
First phase report quotes First time that communication across three borders was
possible
A great success

Achievements
Cross border working between individual agencies proven
Cross border working between multi-agencies proven
Showed that TETRA works between vendors systems

ISI OK but needs further refinement

Advantages of Sharing

Operational
Cost
Environmental benefits
Accountability
Spectrum efficiency
Affordable resilience
Physical security of sites
Shared control rooms

Redundancy can be provided by public

systems

Supplier Base 2003

Cleartone
Damm Cellular
DeTeWe
ETELM
Frequentis
OTE
Nokia
Niros
Motorola

R&S Bick Mobilfunk

Rohill
Sepura
Siemens
Simoco Digital UK
Ltd.
Teltronic
Thales-Defence
Thales-ISR
Zetron

Market Expansion
Commitment to supply TETRA
equipment in new frequency bands to
serve TETRA customers:
Russian 300MHz band
China 350 -380MHz band

Great Expectations
Wins...............
Abu Dhabi Police
Germany
Portugal
Russia
China
+ + +....

The latest wins for TETRA

Kuwait MoI
Sweden a nationwide system for
Emergency Services

UK - Airwave
1400 sites operational and 40-50,000
terminals in operation and soon
more than 100,000 terminals sold
from 4 terminal vendors.
Ambulance Authorities in tender
process
Results expected May / June 2004

Fire Authorities in tender process

3 short listed bidders; results expected in October

Austria
Government is tendering for service
2 TETRA bids
1 Tetrapol bid...................

Russia
Russia is a great market for TETRA
Many small/ medium size contracts

TETRA RUS a nationwide shared

government TETRA network
MoC order 161 creation of working Group
State Commission Decission 57 Unified system
based on TETRA

MOR will use TETRA

Line to Kaliningrad will use GSM-R

Hungary
Project focus back
TETRA Forum Hungary formed

Greece
MoD purchased system for Olympics
Siemens / Motorola / Frequenties
provides infrastructure and control
consoles
Nokia / Motorola provides terminals

Italy
Government report highligting the
need for government agencies to use
private network technologies vs.
GSM/GPRS/UMTS.
Report highlights TETRA as
multivendor solution vs. Tetrapol
being single supplier only.

South Africa
South Africa Police Service
Tender process completed 10 consortia responded
TETRA won

Cape Town Municipality

TETRA been installed many years shared system for
all municipal users.
During electricity black-out all systems EXCEPT
TETRA was off air for multiple hours.

Germany
Equipment or airtime ?
Central or de-central purchase ?
Umbrella agreement between states 15 March2004

TETRA Tetrapol GSM-ASCI

Vodafone is driving hard

TETRA advantages over

GSM-ASCI

Call setup performance

Group call flexibility
Security
Air-to-ground solution
Terminals from 7 vendors
Direct Mode
Specilized market vs. Mass market

South Korea
2002 - Auditor General recommends using
unified radio communication system
2003 - Subway disaster inadequate
communications key issue
2003 Inter-operability feasibility and
planning
2003 - Committee decide on TETRA for
inter-operability
2004 Implementation of TETRA for
subways

Disasters have regrettably

often been Major
Motivators for
Interoperability Planning
Germany was first! Mandated
Interoperability between blue
light services in 1976!

 Norway
Train accident in Asta, January 2000 followed several marine
accidents

Sweden

Disco Fire & EU Summit in Gothenburg

United Kingdom

Hillsborough, Clapham, Kings Cross

September 11th attacks were experienced

worldwide
Interoperability is getting more attention than ever
It is becomming inconceivable to plan for non-interoperability

France

Decision being formalised to force Fire and Health to AcroPol

network.
Arguments used are cost saving and need for Interoperability.

Thank you