This report provides the analysis of TETRA radio technology and markets. Particular, it emphasizes:
Phased development of the technology-from TETRA R1 to the project MESA
Global market segments growth with details on the Chinese TETRA segment.
The report’s target audience includes TETRA vendors and users communities as well as other organizations that support communications for first responders and various industries (transportation, oil and other). The main market for TETRA continues to be national public safety organizations deploying TETRA for shared networks. Besides public safety, TETRA continues to be deployed in all other traditional PMR markets, including transportation, utilities and industrial sectors. The military segment is also increasingly committed to TETRA for peace-keeping and other non-tactical activities.
In the technology part, as per a phased approach to the TETRA development, the report stresses the importance of the standardization process for public safety radio, shows the progress in this arena as well as multiple roadblocks; lack of funding and available spectrum are the major of them. Despite of these problems, new technologies prevailed in the network deployment and they dominate all new additions to the current public safety radio market. This is a result of the benefits that they bring with them, including:
Interoperability
High quality of transmission
Security of transmission
Effective use of spectrum.
Though the cost efficiency of the new trunked systems is not so great in comparison with older analog systems, it is expected that the cost will go down with proliferation of the systems. The marketing analysis, provided in this report, supports this statement.
This report also compares features of TETRA and P25 radios, and indicates that they were developed with specifics of particular countries, P25 for the U.S. and TETRA for Europe. Motorola is the market leader in both of these technologies, and together with other companies, such as EADS, and Sepura is keeping the leadership position all around the world.
TETRA Release II and project MESA guarantee longevity of the technology by providing additional capability to support high-speed data, multi-media services and increased range of radio.
The report provides the marketing analysis of TETRA technology developments; the center of such developments is shifting from Europe to Asia; the Chinese segment with a huge population of potential users (the government accepted TETRA standards) is seen by the vendor’s community as one of the most lucrative. In a number of Asian countries, and in China particular, TETRA radio is aiming not only the public safety segment, but also various industries, such as transportation and utilities. The report provides details of the TETRA market development in China.
Research Methodology
Considerable research was done using the Internet. Information from various Web sites was studied and analyzed; evaluation of publicly available marketing and technical publications was conducted. Telephone conversations and interviews were held with industry analysts, technical experts and executives. In addition to these interviews and primary research, secondary sources were used to develop a more complete mosaic of the market landscape, including industry and trade publications, conferences and seminars.
The overriding objective throughout the work has been to provide valid and relevant information. This has led to a continual review and update of the information content.
Target Audience
This report is important for the government agencies involved in the first response to critical situations. It is necessary for technical departments of such agencies to have a document, which explains radio technology and architectures of networks supporting public safety communities. They also need to assess the market landscape and its major players as well as their portfolios to select the right equipment.
For vendors of the first response communications technology, this report provides valuable information on competition. It also supports these vendors with the market assessment. This report is also useful for communications departments of transportation, utilities and other organizations, where TETRA radio is becoming an important ingredient of the network infrastructure.
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