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4 Editor’s letter
Our editor, Sam Fenwick, discusses potential
mobile working requirements creep, the work to
standardise mission-critical features in 3GPP, and
the need to always consider the boots-on-theground
perspective
6 Who, what, where
Airbus provides 4G for motorbike race; Motorola
Solutions to update Lithuania’s network;
Frequentis enables Virve for Finnish rail; DAMM
unveils new R&D VP; Sepura supplies TETRA for
ski cup; Everbridge used ahead of Super Bowl
8 News
Finnish and Swedish networks connect;
Motorola’s sales up 15% in 2018 & 4Q18;
Ericsson’s critical communications portfolio
9 TCCA news
Sapura Group: CCW’s Host Operator; ETSI’s
third MCX PlugTests event achieves a 92%
success rate
10 Region focus:
Latin America
The critical comms market in Latin America has
suffered from the impact of global and regional
socio-economic factors, but it is showing
welcome signs of recovery, nds James Atkinson
16 Utilities
Philip Mason talks to the Joint Radio Company’s
Adrian Grilli about the challenges facing the
electricity generation industry, and why the
sector may soon become even more reliant on
communications technology
22 3GPP update
Erik Guttman, chairman of the 3GPP Service
and System Aspects Technical Speci cation
Group (TSG SA), provides an update on the
work to standardise mission-critical services
26 Mobile working
Simon Creasey assesses the state of the market
for public safety mobile working, looks ahead to
its future and pinpoints what organisations need
to consider when adopting the technology
30 Wearable technology
Body sensors on re ghters, police of cers
wearing smartwatches, and paramedics using
smart glasses, are just some of the possibilities
offered by wearable technology to enhance
operations and safety. Richard Martin reports
34 TCCA events
The categories for this year’s International Critical
Communications Awards have been unveiled.
Here’s how to enter.
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