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JANUARY 2020
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4 Editor’s letter
James Atkinson discusses the security issues
facing mission-critical users in the 4G LTE and
5G era
6 Who, what, where
Leidos to upgrade Met Police command and
control system; Hexagon CAD solution chosen
by Austrian command centre; Brussels Airport
selects Nokia and Citymesh for 5G; Motorola
unveils 900MHz private broadband solution; Peru
selects Everbridge for critical alerting; Teltronic
provides TETRA network in Brazil
8 News
Huawei to get limited role in UK 5G; UK Home
Of ce engages industry for ESN D2D ideas;
Motorola wins $23.8m US Navy contract
9 TCCA news
GCF and TCCA to address mission-critical device
certi cation; TCCA and 450MHz Alliance sign
Memorandum of Understanding
10 India in focus
Public safety, critical industries and cities are
adopting private digital networks, drones and
IoT, but face spectrum and power issues. Barry
Mans eld reports
14 Cyber security
Private rst-responder systems are migrating
to public broadband networks, exposing
them to far greater security risks, as Kate
O’Flaherty explains
17 Oil and gas
Reliable communications are essential
throughout the oil and gas supply chain, which
is embracing hybrid networks integrating
narrowband, broadband and IoT, reveals
Richard Martin
20 PMRExpo review
We report from the Cologne show on the key
discussions at the conference and highlight
some of the new products and solutions on
display in the exhibition
23 BAPCO 2020 preview
All you need to know about the upcoming British
APCO Annual Conference & Exhibition in our
comprehensive 12-page guide
January 2020 @CritCommsToday 3
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