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Nokia to supply equipment for TETRA field trials in Budapest, Hungary
November 24, 1998
The Ministry of the Interior together with emergency organizations in Hungary have planned TETRA field trials in Budapest to establish the suitability of TETRA for secure, shared radio communication between various emergency organizations including the police, fire brigades and the border guard in Hungary. The trials will also take place for application within ambulance services.
According to the MoU Nokia will supply the complete TETRA infrastructure including digital exchanges, base stations, network management centre and mobile and hand portable radio terminals. The system will be implemented at the end of this year and trials will begin in January 1999.
Antenna Hungaria has been assigned by the Ministry of the Interior to act as Service Provider for the trial. Various technology suppliers have also been invited to take part in the trial.
"Nokia sees this TETRA field trial to be an important step for the application of TETRA for emergency services in Hungary. It also indicates the organisations' commitment to develop the platform for nationwide emergency TETRA network and services. " says Kari Lahtinen, Managing Director, Nokia Telecommunications Kft, Hungary.
TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) is the only open digital trunked radio standard defined by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to meet the needs of the most demanding professional mobile radio users.
Contact information:
Ms Arja Suominen, Vice President, Communications
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel. (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
NOTES TO EDITORS:
In December 1997, Nokia signed a contract for the delivery of the world's first nation-wide TETRA network for the Finnish Ministry of Interior. In March 1998, Nokia signed the world's first nation-wide commercial TETRA network with DOLPHIN in UK. In June 1998 Nokia, as part of the KNT consortium, was chosen to provide a TETRA nationwide network in Belgium, with a project named ASTRID. Nokia other TETRA customers include Helsinki City Energy Company, ElTele Öst of Norway and TeleDanmark in the Netherlands. Nokia is participating in the UK-based Quadrant Consortium, which is designing and planning new digital radio services for use by the country's emergency services. Nokia and Austrian operator Well.COM have signed an agreement for the delivery of a complete TETRA professional mobile radio network, for public safety and security organizations.
Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile and fixed telecom networks including related customer services. Nokia also supplies solutions and products for fixed and wireless datacom, as well as multimedia terminals and computer monitors. In 1997, net sales totaled FIM 52.6 billion (USD 9.8 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange (NOK.A), has sales in 130 countries and employs more than 42,000 people world-wide.
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