Sepura provides TETRA radios to Kazakhstan

Sepura has completed the delivery of TETRA radios to the Ministry of Interior (MoI) of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

The radios will help police forces across the country to maintain contact, share information and coordinate activities across wide distances.

As well as about 1000 desktop and vehicle SRG3900 radios, including gateways and repeaters, the police in Kazakhstan will also be equipped with about 8300 robust STP8000 hand-portable TETRA radios.

As required by the MoI’s technical specifications, all radios will incorporate bespoke online applications developed using Sepura’s short data applications.

The radios provide good communication against high levels of background noise and are suitable in mission-critical operations. They incorporate security and safety features, such as GPS positioning, a single-press emergency button and motion sensing technology to generate automatic man-down alerts. The radios will be able to operate in extreme weather conditions found in many areas of Kazakhstan.

The contract follows the migration of the Republic’s radio network from analog to digital, with the adoption of the digital trunked TETRA standard. The network, deployed by infrastructure supplier Thales, builds on existing elements of communications and radio systems in the area’s provincial towns, including the main cities of Astana and Almaty.

Sepura radios were distributed locally by Sepura’s partner Wellcomm. ”We’re delighted that we were able to work with Sepura to deliver this high-profile and large project as promptly as the customer demanded. We can say with confidence that Sepura radios perfectly meet the MoI’s communications and security requirements,” said Wellcomm’s general director, Aleksey Tyan.

Kasper Barfoed, regional director North Europe for Sepura, said, “Over the last few years we have supplied equipment for Kazakhstan’s radio network as well as TETRA terminals for the police force in the capital of Almaty. This contract marks our continuing relationship with governments in the region. We are also continuing to work closely with public safety services in Russia and Ukraine, the two largest member countries in Central and Eastern Europe.”