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Nokia And Marconi to form consortium, Securcomm, for Tetra Networks in Italy
June 06, 2000
Today Marconi and Nokia, through their Italian subsidiaries, have announced the creation of a new consortium, Securcomm, to deliver a TETRA (Terrestrial Trunking RAdio) digital professional network for the Italian police forces.
The consortium, notice of which has been given to the Italian monopolies authority, aims at providing TETRA services for the Italian public security sector. This agreement represents significant cooperation for TETRA technology between two players in the telecommunications field; Securcomm's aim is to provide the highest level of advanced technologies with high value added services specifically designed for the Italian public security sector.
TETRA technology will provide the Italian police with efficient, secure and reliable communications tools that can both improve applications and enhance co-ordination in order to support the public security services in difficult operations, such as social and environmental emergency situations.
"We are very pleased to have made this agreement which enables us to offer the Italian police over thirty years of experience in the professional mobile radio networks and our competence in TETRA as well as co-operating closely with a well known global technology partner such as Nokia", said Sandro Gualano, President, Marconi Communications SpA.
Giorgio Pucci, Managing Director, Nokia Italia SpA, added, "Nokia is a leader in the supply of data, video and voice networks including TETRA infrastructure and solutions, to combine our competence with Marconi's experience for public security and safety networks allows us to provide the Italian police with the best solutions both from a technological and economic point of view".
Both Nokia and Marconi are very customer service oriented and together, uniting their respective knowledge and experience, they will develop new high value added services for their customers.
Marconi plc is a global communications and IT company, with 45,000 employees world-wide and sales in over 100 countries. It supplies advanced communications solutions and the key technologies and services for the Internet.
Nokia is paving the way to the mobile information society with its innovative products and solutions. Nokia is the leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP networks, related services as well as multimedia terminals. In 1999, net sales totaled EUR 19.8 billion (USD 19.9 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on the New York (NOK), Helsinki, Stockholm, London, Frankfurt and Paris stock exchanges and employs more than 56.000 people.
For further information:
Francesco Orlando, Marconi - Mobile Radio
e-mail: francesco.orlando@marconi.com
Tanya Watts, Nokia Italia S.p.a. - Nokia Networks
e-mail: tanya.watts@nokia.com
Notes to the Editor:
Nokia has delivered several digital TETRA networks around the world, and many of those are already in operational use. Volume deliveries of Nokia TETRA networks began in 1997.
Marconi has been a supplier of italian police forces for 30 years. Marconi has supplied TETRA solutions to prestigeous clients among police forces, utilities and transportation worldwide.
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