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29th April 2004 - Intelligent network platforms from
Telsis, already trusted by many of the world’s
major mobile and fixed phone networks, are playing an
important role in the UK’s new TETRA-based emergency
services communications network from O2 Airwave.
The Telsis products are being delivered to O2 Airwave’s
supplier Motorola under a deal worth several million
Euros. They are helping to create a new and highly robust
intelligent transit network that enables emergency services
personnel to quickly and easily communicate with colleagues
and citizens anywhere in the country.
The TETRA network is a secure digital radio system.
The service has already been rolled out to half of the
UK’s police forces and is due for complete deployment
during 2005. O2 Airwave is now bidding for national
fire and ambulance contracts.
To create the O2 Airwave telephony transit switch network,
Telsis Ocean fastSSP intelligent switches have been
installed at secure sites around the UK. They employ
QSIG signalling protocol to route traffic via private
circuits to Airwave handsets anywhere in the UK, or
to the public telephone network for delivery to mobile
or fixed line telephones.
The deployment of a Telsis Ocean fastSCP service control
point and a fastSDP service data point has enabled several
advanced intelligent network routing services to be
offered to 02 Airwave users. These include number portability
and flexible call divert options. The easy programmability
of the Telsis equipment will further enable the quick
creation and deployment of additional routing services
as required.
David Greenaway, senior engineer at Motorola, said
the deployment had enabled O2 Airwave to meet its pledge
to deliver nationwide connectivity for emergency service
users. “The Telsis transit network provides a very
cost-effective route for expansion and new service development,
but it is also highly robust and that remains our prime
concern.”
With its headquarters, research and production site
in the UK, Telsis (www.telsis.com) has sales and support
operations in France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands,
Spain, Singapore and Australia. The company offers a
range of carrier-grade infrastructure platforms including
intelligent SMS Routers, Intelligent Network service
control points, switches and advanced Interactive Voice
Response solutions that support a wide variety of innovative
value-added text and voice services. Telsis products
are in use with major fixed and mobile network operators
around the world.
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