Airwave to present at TWC 2012 in Dubai

Airwave, the leading provider of critical voice and data communications to public service organisations in Great Britain, has been invited to give two presentations and participate in panel discussions at the TETRA World Congress (TWC) 2012 taking place in Dubai between 14 and 17 May 2012.

Euros Evans, Airwave CTO will present: ‘Delivering greater capacity to support unplanned major events and incidents while balancing the impact on Airwave spectral efficiency’ on day one of the congress, which will explore the potentials of the future technologies and the benefits they could bring for the various needs of the public safety sector.

Euros is also participating in the panel discussion on day two of the congress entitled: ‘TETRA – ‘Short Term and Long Term Opportunities and Threats’. The panel will evaluate the prospects for the size of the TETRA market over the next five years and discuss what the impact will be of mobile broadband, particularly LTE in mission/ business critical communications.

Airwave’s CEO, Richard Bobbett is also participating in a panel discussion on day one entitled: ‘TETRA Network Investment & Development Roadmap’. This session will allow delegates to hear from the leaders of major TETRA operators on how investment in networks and services is evolving. It will also examine the roadmap for long-term critical communications network planning to meet the requirements of users.

On day three of the congress Martin Benke, Airwave Network Services Director and Peter Goulding of Motorola Solutions will present: ‘The UK summer riots – A report on phases of the incident’. The presentation explores the challenges experienced during the summer riots, which saw an increase in the number of users on the Airwave Network in London increase from 6,000 to 16,000.

The 14^th annual TETRA World Congress 2012 takes place from 14-17 May 2012 at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre. Some 2,500+ TETRA users, manufacturers, network operators, application developers and system integrators from around the world are expected to attend.