San Francisco airport goes with TETRA

PowerTrunk has announced that it has been awarded a new TETRA network order to provide a terrestrial trunked radio (TETRA) system at San Francisco International Airport.

This is the third TETRA project that has been awarded to PowerTrunk as part of a program by Rockwell Collins to upgrade its ARINC GLOBALinkSM network, which is in use at several airport locations across the United States.

PowerTrunk is the subsidiary of Teltronic, part of the Sepura Group, and offers land mobile radio (LMR) solutions to be deployed in the public safety, oil and gas, transportation and utilities sectors.

The company, in partnership with Rockwell Collins, has also installed TETRA networks at the Los Angeles International (LAX) and New York’s John F Kennedy (JFK) airports.

The network is intended for mission-critical airline and aviation ground-based communications. Key advantages include superior voice clarity for communication, improved radio frequency spectrum efficiency and the ability to support multiple simultaneous conversations, including simultaneous voice and data in the same call.

PowerTrunk stated the network order will enhance operations and services, including airline passenger services, as well as communications for airline ramp area personnel, ground handlers, terminal security teams and other ground staff working at the airport.

“After the LAX and JFK airports, we are proud for having been awarded a new TETRA network by Rockwell Collins for San Francisco International Airport,” said Jose Martin, PowerTrunk CEO. 

“TETRA has made its way in the North American land mobile radio market to become an increasingly widespread technology, currently serving numerous major end users in the United States and Canada. 

“A high-tier choice at affordable cost, which became dominant worldwide years ago, and that has been deployed in North America since 2012.”

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