SMi and PowerTrunk to Implement the First Fully Operational TETRA Network in North America for BC Hydro
Montreal and New York — October 25, 2011 – The S.M. Group International Inc. (SMi), Canada's foremost engineering, project management and technological and scientific applications firm, and PowerTrunk™, a leader in land mobile radio systems, have been selected by BC Hydro, to implement the first fully operational TETRA network in North America. SMi will provide system integration and PowerTrunk will supply the TETRA land mobile radio infrastructure and terminals to improve safety and communications in the Vancouver Lower Mainland region of British Columbia province.
The BC Hydro PowerTrunk network covering Vancouver and surrounding areas will consist of 25 TETRA 409-430 MHz site base stations, connected via the BC Hydro IP backhaul network, and up to 820 TETRA terminals as 450 mobiles, 350 handhelds, 20 fixed. To support 14 dispatchers, PowerTrunk will provide 3 CeCoCo command and control centers that interface to BC Hydro's legacy VHF system.
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Montreal and New York — October 25, 2011 – The S.M. Group International Inc. (SMi), Canada's foremost engineering, project management and technological and scientific applications firm, and PowerTrunk™, a leader in land mobile radio systems, have been selected by BC Hydro, to implement the first fully operational TETRA network in North America. SMi will provide system integration and PowerTrunk will supply the TETRA land mobile radio infrastructure and terminals to improve safety and communications in the Vancouver Lower Mainland region of British Columbia province.
The BC Hydro PowerTrunk network covering Vancouver and surrounding areas will consist of 25 TETRA 409-430 MHz site base stations, connected via the BC Hydro IP backhaul network, and up to 820 TETRA terminals as 450 mobiles, 350 handhelds, 20 fixed. To support 14 dispatchers, PowerTrunk will provide 3 CeCoCo command and control centers that interface to BC Hydro's legacy VHF system.
http://powertrunk.com/powertrunk_news_pr_026.html
http://powertrunk.com/
