Pan-European procurement based on MC standards

July 13, 2018

3GPP Partner - PSCE as the coordinator of BroadWay, a pre-commercial procurement project to find solutions to achieve pan-European broadband mobile for public safety based on 3GPP standards, has released a Prior Information Notice (PIN) on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), to invite suppliers to help establish the state-of-the-art of broadband mobile equipment for public safety responders.

The project brings together procurement from 11 European countries, comprised of national ministries and agencies responsible for the communication services used by 1.4 Million public safety responders across Europe.

Mission critical voice, video and data tests

July 5, 2018

ETSI has announced the successful testing of Mission Critical Push to Talk (MCPTT), Mission Critical Data (MCDATA) and Mission Critical Video (MCVIDEO) products built on 3GPP Release 14 specifications.

31 vendors attended the second MCPTT Plugtests, with 120 participants on site. 2000 tests were completed, based on a plan with more than 100 test cases, with a 92 per cent success rate.