Subject: [NEXTEL-1] T-Systems and Motorola to Bid on a Digital Radio Network for German Public Safety and Security Agencies

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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 11:18:29 -0500

T-Systems and Motorola to Bid on a Digital Radio Network for German Public
Safety and Security Agencies
Frankfurt, Germany - 18th November 2003 – T-Systems and Motorola Commercial, Government and Industrial Solutions Sector (CGISS) will be cooperating on an exclusive basis in a digital radio project for German government agencies and public safety organisations. The two companies made this agreement in order to bid in the German federal government’s upcoming tender for establishing and operating a nationwide TETRA network (TErrestrial Trunked RAdio) in Germany.
T-Systems and Motorola aim to jointly support the police, fire brigade and other public safety-related agencies in the transition into the digital era by utilising the European radio standard TETRA.
Synergising core competences
“This partnership combines integration and operator expertise with tried and
tested technology”, says Jan
Geldmacher, member of the T-Systems Executive Board and in charge of worldwide
network services
worldwide. “We are combining the skills required to quickly and reliably
establish a digital radio network
nationwide for the government’s public safety and security agencies”, says
Carlos Sartorius, Vice President
and Director of Distribution, Motorola CGISS.
Should T-Systems be awarded the contract, T-Systems, a division of Deutsche Telekom, will set up the network, link the components together into a single system, and operate it.
Motorola will be T-Systems’
TETRA system provider and technology partner.
Project experience with safety and security agencies
The two companies can draw upon extensive experience in cooperating with public
safety and security
agencies. For example, the Deutsche Telekom subsidiary operates various public
safety and security
networks, including the Bonn-Berlin information link for the German federal
government, plus the state
networks in North Rhine-Westphalia, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western
Pomerania. Through
T-Mobile, another division of Deutsche Telekom,T-Systems is able to access
around 25,000 radio locations
for setting up the Motorola TETRA system.
Motorola can point to more than 100 TETRA contracts in 39 countries. In July 2003, the company completed two years of trials in Aachen, Germany where TETRA was successfully tested under real conditions, including cross-border utilisation between Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.
Pending the nationwide introduction of digital radio, the police, fire brigade, customs, Federal Border Police and Technical Support Agency in Aachen will continue to use TETRA for their operations. In the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, Motorola is currently rolling out nationwide systems for the public safety agencies.
More security with digital technology
In June of this year, the German Minister Presidents’ Conference decided on
step-by-step introduction of a
standardised nationwide digital radio network. TETRA is intended to replace the
30-year-old analog radio
systems of the safety/security agencies. TETRA’s salient advantages include
encrypted, simultaneous
transmission of speech and data, as well as improved speech quality. TETRA
technology can also be used
to transmit police investigation photos, fingerprints and enable automatic
vehicle location (AVL). This
facilitates significantly faster and more effective cooperation between the
public safety and security
agencies.
About T-Systems
T-Systems is one of Europe’s leading service providers for information and communication technology (ICT). In the Deutsche Telekom Group, the company handles the major corporate account segment. In more than 20 different countries, T-Systems employs approximately 42,000 people. The Deutsche Telekom subsidiary’s turnover totaled 10.5 billion euros in 2002.
The solutions provided by T-Systems are geared to creating sustained improvements in the business operations of major customers in the telecommunication, services & finance, public & healthcare and manufacturing sectors. The company optimizes its customers’ processes, cuts their costs and upgrades their earnings situation. To do this, it responsively deploys sectoral expertise and state-of-the-art technology.
The spectrum of services ranges from the integration of new ICT solutions into existing customer systems, plus the set-up and operation of workplace systems, computer centers and networks, all the way through to telecommunication business with international carriers.
You will find more information on the company and its services under www.t-systems.de and www.t-systems.com.
http://www.motorola.com/mediacenter/news/detail/0,,3522_2931_23,00.html

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