Sapura partners Teltronic

Malaysian firm Sapura Secured Technologies has awarded Teltronic with a contract to supply a wide-area TETRA network which will provide coverage to the Kuala Lumpur region and other territories across Malaysia.

The initial network design includes 112 site base stations and two redundant switching control nodes. In addition, Teltronic will supply three intersystem nodes to provide seamless communications with the existing nationwide TETRA network managed by Sapura. The project, which incorporates strict mission-critical requirements and high service availability, is expected to be completed by the end of 2012.

The companies have also agreed to collaborate in the field of specialised mission-critical LTE solutions via a long-term joint development program. The 3GPP LTE standard is emerging as the preferred technology for future, high-speed mobile broadband services.

They have also undertaken a joint initiative to set up a local TETRA Centre of Competence in Malaysia for the benefit of existing and future users of Teltronic equipment across the Asia-Pacific region. In turn, a commercial cooperation framework has also been agreed which will result in a closer integration of core technologies to address a wide range of user requirements.

“We are proud to partner with a company of the calibre and prestige of Sapura Secured Technologies to develop a wide range of joint technological and commercial activities in one of the most important emerging regions in the world,” said Jose M Martin, chief marketing and sales officer of Teltronic. “Supplying a cutting-edge TETRA network which allows seamless communications and roaming with Sapura’s legacy TETRA network is only a first step of our cooperation with Sapura.”

“With this collaboration, the Malaysian TETRA network will be the first nationwide network to seamlessly integrate multivendor platforms. The resulting technology from the joint development with Teltronic can be used by other TETRA network operators around the world to have the flexibility in selecting the best solution that brings the greatest benefits to the users,” stated Mohd Zarif Hashim, CEO of Sapura Secured Technologies.

Teltronic has also appointed Chang Hyun Kim as sales director for Asia-Pacific and Gabriel Solana as VP of sales support for the region. Oscar Fernandez, VP international sales in charge of Asia-Pacific, has assumed new responsibilities in Latin America, said to be another hotspot in the mobile radio business.