TETRA partnership for Chinese market

Sepura and Eastcom have signed a memorandum of understanding under which both parties will collaborate by sharing their respective skills, insights and market experience relating to the manufacture and distribution and service of TETRA radio products.

The companies will work collaboratively in promoting TETRA in China. TETRA technolgy is said to be suitable for mission-critical communications, providing robust, reliable and uncompromised transmission for voice and data.

Gordon Watling, CEO for Sepura, said: “Eastcom is one of China’s leading TETRA systems and equipment design, development and manufacturing enterprises. It has a long history of achievement in the country’s mobile communication industry and is an influential player in wireless trunking: Eastcom developed the eTRA, a digital communication system, supporting both TETRA and the police digital hybrid network. This agreement enables Sepura to participate in China’s growing adoption of the TETRA standard and the mission-critical communication products that operate on this standard.”

“We look forward to a close partnership with Sepura,” said Wang Zhongxiong, president of Eastcom. “We are confident that as two industry leaders working together like this, we will bring greater value to our common customers and generally enhance the quality of applications for the wider TETRA market.”