Tait awarded Costa Rica contract

Tait Communications has signed a contract with Costa Rica’s largest electric utility company, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), to provide more than 1800 portable and mobile digital radios to its workforce.

Headquartered in San José, ICE is a state-owned electric utility that also provides fixed-line and mobile telephony, internet and data communications services throughout Costa Rica.

ICE personnel will be using the Christchurch-designed and -manufactured Tait equipment when installing and repairing electricity and telecommunications networks.

“ICE relies on critical communications so that its employees can stay better connected, be safer and carry out their work more effectively,” said James Kyd, Tait Communications chief marketing officer. “The digital radios ICE has chosen are compliant with P25, an international open standard that allows for improved communications within and between agencies - especially emergency services. It’s a standard that many of our other customers use.

“Success in our global markets also translates to success here at home, as we use a large eco-system of Kiwi suppliers and partners.”