Where’s TEDS? It’s a question that people often ask. Well the answer to the question is that today it’s in Notodden, in south eastern Norway.

With the thoughts of the public safety community and the mission critical communications industry turning ever more towards data, TEDS (TETRA Enhanced Data Service) is coming into its own as it has the ability to support the vast majority of applications our Public Safety organizations want to run. And users are being pleasantly surprised by its performance.

The pilot being run with Nødnett in Norway is highlighting the real capability of TEDS in an operational environment. The pilot is testing live video streaming to and from control rooms and vehicles, as well as applications such as license plate checks, fingerprint scanning and remote access to data bases.

“The testing has proved that data can be securely transmitted on our network. Nødnett data services will enable users to report in real-time from accident scenes, stream video and share images.…. We are impressed with the capability of TEDS to support concurrent data streams and support critical data applications that end users need....” says Tor Helge Lyngstøl, Director General Norwegian Directorate for Emergency Communication

At the Critical Communications Europe event in Amsterdam last week we had a live demonstration of Real Time Video Information (RTVi) over TEDS, taking a video feed from a camera on the stand, and using a Dimetra IP Compact system, an MTS2 base station and an MTM5000 mobile radio. The demo created quite a buzz as people watched themselves in real-time over TEDS.

Take a look at the press release to find out more about the pilot project and TEDS deployment in Norway:

And why not see it for yourself – watch the video to find out exactly what its being used for and the performance being achieved - I think you will be surprised.

David Parry is Director, Solutions Marketing EMEA. David is on LinkedIn at uk.linkedin.com/in/davidgparry

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