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4 Editor’s letter
Sam Fenwick discusses many of the themes
that will be covered at this year’s Critical
Communications World (CCW) and that are also
featured in this issue
6 Who, what, where
Hytera and Mobilis win Romanian deal; Motorola
Solutions to supply police in Romania; Beijing
airport picks Airbus for TETRA; Indonesian mines
use DAMM network; DAMM unveils new head of
sales and BD; Sepura terminals go to Aurizon
8 News
Malaysia: MAHB upgrades to Sepura SC2 Series
at four airports; Mexico: Airbus’s SMVNO service;
NAO: ESN to cost an additional £3.1 billion
9 TCCA news
TETRA to be future-proofed with new security
enhancements
10 Southeast Asia in focus
With this year’s CCW taking place in Kuala
Lumpur, it would be odd if we didn’t turn our
focus to Southeast Asia. Sam Fenwick takes a
look at the current trends in the region
14 Network operators
Simon Creasey hears from public safety network
operators with a focus on their challenges,
including the transition to mission-critical
broadband, planning for 5G and cyber security
18 Public Safety Network
Philip Mason talks to the Public Safety Network’s
TJ Kennedy and Jason Karp about how
broadband-enabled data can make a huge
contribution to public safety comms prior to the
roll-out of national networks
24 Metros
TETRA and Wi-Fi are the dominant radio
standards for metro and light rail comms and
signalling systems, but LTE is starting to make
inroads, as James Atkinson nds out
28 France
France’s work to transition to mission-critical
broadband is well under way, with much of the
initial conceptual work complete and the rst
wave of commercial partners on board. Sam
Fenwick summarises the state of play, with the
help of the Ministry of Interior
32 Virtual reality
Philip Mason talks to West Midlands Fire Service
about its ongoing roll-out of the cutting-edge
XVR virtual reality solution, which it uses to train
incident commanders for life on the reground
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