Super-collider site wins TETRA award

CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, has won two of the seven prestigious International TETRA awards - Outstanding Single Site TETRA installation and Best Use of TETRA for Public Safety categories.

The awards, launched in 2012 by TETRA Today in collaboration with the TETRA + Critical Communications Association (TCCA), recognise excellence in the field of TETRA radio communications. A panel of international communications experts and authorities chose this year’s impressive short list from a vast range of submissions from across the globe.

CERN’s award entries focused on a project that saw Sepura develop and deploy for CERN one of its first complete TETRA communications solutions.

“CERN is delighted to get, through these two awards, a strong recognition from the TETRA industry for the excellent work done in partnership with Sepura,” said Frédéric Chapron, Head of Communications Support within CERN’s IT Department.

Sepura delivered a critical communications solution above and below ground and provided CERN’s fire brigade with TETRA radios, including the STP8X intrinsically safe/ATEX hand-portable radio.