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Safe-Net Forum and TCCA sign MoU
TCCA, the global forum for the
critical communications ecosystem,
and South Korea’s Safe-Net Forum
have formalised their ongoing co-operation
with the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU). The Safe-Net Forum
advises on the development of South Korea’s
public safety LTE system, and promotes
co-operation among various organisations,
including for the interoperation of different
networks and joint use of frequencies. It
is a non-profit organisation comprised of
members from the country’s communications
network operators, user groups, industry,
academia and government.
Throughout the planning, design,
construction and operation of the new public
safety and disaster relief communication
network system, the Safe-Net Forum
participates in policy reviews, progress
monitoring, resolution of technical issues
and standardisation activities. It also provides
comment and advice to support the project’s
implementation.
The Safe-Net Forum is developing a
strategic industry ecosystem to benefit
the country’s domestic and international
business, based on the secure technologies,
solutions, systems and devices that are being
used to create South Korea’s new critical
communications network.
“We are very pleased to formalise the
MoU with TCCA, the global organisation
supporting standardisation in critical
communications, and will co-operate and
contribute to promote and expand missioncritical
broadband technology, solutions
and applications,” said Daehyoung Hong,
chair of the Safe-Net Forum (pictured right).
“We expect the mission-critical broadband
technologies, which are still in their early
stages, to be stabilised and in full bloom soon.”
“The Safe-Net Forum is widely recognised
as leading innovation in public safety, and
TCCA liaises with the Forum on a regular
basis. This MoU formalises our co-operation
for the purposes of information sharing
relating to common interests,” said TCCA
chief executive Tony Gray. “All in TCCA are
committed to supporting and promoting the
development and deployment of standardised
critical communications technology, solutions
and applications. This MoU will further
strengthen our knowledge base and enable
the Safe-Net Forum to benefit from TCCA
members’ experiences in building critical
broadband networks.”
Germany’s ALDB, Italy’s Alea Srl, and TASSTA join TCCA
Three more companies have recently
joined TCCA: ALDB GmbH, which
supports the BOS network in Germany;
Alea Srl, an Italian applications and
software development house; and
TASSTA, a company focused on
applications that provide smartphones
with two-way-radio-like capabilities and
allow their users to communicate with
those on TETRA and DMR networks.
ALDB’s 200 employees support the
operation of Germany’s BOS digital radio
network, which consists of more than
4,700 base stations and supports more
than 850,000 subscribers.
Ralf Weitzel, head of contract- and
service-level management at ALDB
GmbH, said: “As TCCA is the guardian
of the TETRA standard and responsible
for its ongoing development and
promotion, we are pleased to be formally
incorporated into the association,
which will help us to monitor new
trends and respond with new and
improved solutions.”
Alea, which is based in Pordenone,
Italy, specialises in the development of
smartphone applications for real-time
communication. It has a dedicated
push-to-talk (PTT) division and earlier
this year signed an agreement with
Leonardo to jointly develop multimedia
broadband solutions for the public safety
and professional markets. They will
develop applications that will leverage
3GPP specifications for mission-critical
voice, video and data over LTE and future
5G networks.
“Alea is highly committed to
the development of standardsbased
mission-critical solutions,”
said Alea CEO Giuseppe Merlino.
“Through joining TCCA, Alea is now a
contributing member of the missioncritical
community.”
TASSTA provides voice
communications, emergency solutions,
messaging and data transfer through a
PTT solution that leverages consumer
smartphones’ technical capabilities. Its
full solution comprises individual, group
and priority calls, messaging including
data transfer, voice recording, GPS and
in-house tracking, alarm, emergency
solutions and many other features.
TASSTA’s headquarters are in Hanover
and it also has offices in Brazil, the UAE
and the USA. TASSTA has developed
its technology based on its team’s
experience of working in the PMR market
and with major TETRA providers in
different projects all over the world.
“TASSTA, as a critical communication
provider, needs to be a member of
TCCA. For us it is important to be up
to date about prominent events in
the communications sector and not
to miss innovative developments in
the technology and smartphone
world,” said TASSTA’s CEO, Kaveh
Hosseinzadeh.
“I would like to extend a very warm
welcome to our new members – it is
essential to have support from across
the critical communications ecosystem
and we look forward to invaluable
contributions from these organisations,”
said Mladen Vratonjić, TCCA Board chair.
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