From our correspondent. This year’s Critical Communications World kicked off with the banging of drums and a traditional Chinese dragon dance in the ultra-modern setting of the Marina Bay Sands Expo Centre in Singapore. And, in the conference, one of the big topics under discussion mixes the traditional with the new, as delegates debated the future for mission critical communications technology, the addition of data to the established voice solutions and evolution of TETRA to support this alongside the introduction of LTE.
I spoke to Phil Godfrey, Chairman of the TCCA for his view on the way forward:
“By all means get excited and explore the possibilities of the new (i.e. LTE) but don’t forget the value of what we already have with TETRA”
“We in the TCCA see TETRA having a long term future to provide mission critical voice services and essential mission critical data services well into the 2020s”
"We see European operators actively supporting that view with continuing investment in TETRA”
"(In particular Norway and Germany are currently deploying TETRA and Belgium and the Netherlands are refreshing their TETRA networks)."
Phil continues “We see broadband having real benefits for mission critical and business critical users but as a supplement to, not as a replacement of TETRA. We do see a role for commercial operators to offer non-mission critical data for non-mission critical users."
He emphasized the need for open and agreed standards for mission critical broadband."
“TETRA has been successful because it has been supplied in an open and competitive environment which ensured complete compatibility of equipment between different manufacturers."
"Our primary objective is to drive the development of standards for mission critical users. We did that for TETRA and we’re now doing that for mission critical LTE."
"Some manufacturers are saying they can offer mission critical data over LTE but it is a proprietary solution and we urge the user community to be wary of proprietary technology which wouldn’t give them access to a competitive supplier base.”
“We see nothing on the horizon yet that has the functionality that TETRA has for Mission critical users."
"With the exception of high speed data applications such as video streaming TEDS can do everything you want in day to day operational data."
"We evolved from the TETRA Association to the TCCA because we saw the need in the future for high speed data communications not supported by TETRA. We formed the Critical communications broadband group to drive the development of Mission Critical Services using LTE."
This is a developing market and the TCCA are developing with it and helping our community grow."
So in Singapore today it’s about calm long-term evolution, not short term revolution.
Hopefully this gives you a taste of the real buzz at this year’s Critical Communications World. To find out more visit our Critical Communications World microsite where we will have fresh news, videos and more from the show,.
Peta Spinks is Director of Events for Motorola Solutions,EMEA.
Peta is on LinkledIn at uk.linkedin.com/in/petaspinks1
Follow #CCW2014 on Twitter.
Join the Motorola Solutions Community EMEA at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Motorola-Solutions-Community-6519590/about
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Out with the old and in with the new. Not so fast says the TCCA. Author Peta Spinks
From our correspondent. This year’s Critical Communications World kicked off with the banging of drums and a traditional Chinese dragon dance in the ultra-modern setting of the Marina Bay Sands Expo Centre in Singapore. And, in the conference, one of the big topics under discussion mixes the traditional with the new, as delegates debated the future for mission critical communications technology, the addition of data to the established voice solutions and evolution of TETRA to support this alongside the introduction of LTE.
I spoke to Phil Godfrey, Chairman of the TCCA for his view on the way forward:
“By all means get excited and explore the possibilities of the new (i.e. LTE) but don’t forget the value of what we already have with TETRA”
“We in the TCCA see TETRA having a long term future to provide mission critical voice services and essential mission critical data services well into the 2020s”
"We see European operators actively supporting that view with continuing investment in TETRA”
"(In particular Norway and Germany are currently deploying TETRA and Belgium and the Netherlands are refreshing their TETRA networks)."
Phil continues “We see broadband having real benefits for mission critical and business critical users but as a supplement to, not as a replacement of TETRA. We do see a role for commercial operators to offer non-mission critical data for non-mission critical users."
He emphasized the need for open and agreed standards for mission critical broadband."
“TETRA has been successful because it has been supplied in an open and competitive environment which ensured complete compatibility of equipment between different manufacturers."
"Our primary objective is to drive the development of standards for mission critical users. We did that for TETRA and we’re now doing that for mission critical LTE."
"Some manufacturers are saying they can offer mission critical data over LTE but it is a proprietary solution and we urge the user community to be wary of proprietary technology which wouldn’t give them access to a competitive supplier base.”
“We see nothing on the horizon yet that has the functionality that TETRA has for Mission critical users."
"With the exception of high speed data applications such as video streaming TEDS can do everything you want in day to day operational data."
"We evolved from the TETRA Association to the TCCA because we saw the need in the future for high speed data communications not supported by TETRA. We formed the Critical communications broadband group to drive the development of Mission Critical Services using LTE."
This is a developing market and the TCCA are developing with it and helping our community grow."
So in Singapore today it’s about calm long-term evolution, not short term revolution.
Hopefully this gives you a taste of the real buzz at this year’s Critical Communications World. To find out more visit our Critical Communications World microsite where we will have fresh news, videos and more from the show,.
Peta Spinks is Director of Events for Motorola Solutions,EMEA.
Peta is on LinkledIn at uk.linkedin.com/in/petaspinks1
Follow #CCW2014 on Twitter.
Join the Motorola Solutions Community EMEA at http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Motorola-Solutions-Community-6519590/about