P25, Thought Leadership

Seven Ways P25 Simulcast Lets You Talk Anywhere in Your County

January 10, 2013

Around 30% of US Public Safety agencies have already chosen Simulcast to implement their radio communications networks. They trust Simulcast to improve their radio coverage and make life safer for their officers on patrol. Here are seven reasons why.

    1. Your existing frequencies can give you wider area coverage and greater capacity

      You can meet your future capacity needs without the cost and red tape associated with new frequency allocation. Each frequency can be available across a much wider area than a non-simulcast network allows. Simulcast means you can maximize your current allocation in ways that are simply not possible with other technologies. Continue Reading
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So you need to upgrade your system? And now you can’t sleep at night – Part 1

November 29, 2012

For one reason or another, you’ve looked at your system and decided it needs to be upgraded. Perhaps it’s the age of the system, or you have new user requirements, there’s been changes in capacity or coverage requirements, or maybe it’s regulation that’s made you realize that it’s time to investigate an upgrade.

While the planning and procurement process is a challenging one, upgrading your system also presents a number of opportunities.

One of the first questions you should ask is, “What organizational opportunities can... Continue Reading

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Q&A with Hamish Wiig – Vice-President of Sales, Latin America

November 27, 2012
Hamish Wiig – Vice-President of Sales, Latin America

Based in Houston, Texas, Hamish has been with Tait for eight years and is responsible for strategic sales and marketing in Latin America. Hamish has recently been awarded the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Scholarship Award to study at the prestigious Harvard Business School.

Can you give us a brief history about Tait’s presence in Latin America?

Latin America is rich with diverse countries and cultures. It’s my job to make sure we understand these diversities and give our customers... Continue Reading

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Network Migration: Essential Principles for Decision Makers

November 13, 2012

Migrating a PMR network can be a major headache for network operators. The list of tasks and considerations is overwhelming. Few organizations have the expertise or resources in-house to undertake a large scale migration.

Network decision makers must determine their priorities and understand the risks, regulatory requirements, and safety concerns around the new network and the migration. Reducing risk to an acceptable level may result in cost overruns or delays in implementation. What would be the impact of a delay on your business? 

Expert advice and support from a trusted PMR provider will significantly increase the likelihood of a successful migration. Continue Reading

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DMR, Events and Sponsorships, P25, Products and Solutions update

Milipol Qatar 2012

November 8, 2012

Tait Communication’s Europe-Middle East-Africa team recently hit the road to visit the Milipol event in Qatar – a three-day event for key decision makers from the military and police in the Middle East.

The Tait team at Milipol Qatar

Having acquired a large stand space, the Tait team unveiled the new DMR (Digital Mobile Radio) Tier 3 Solution. Throughout the three days, Tait experts performed demonstrations using Tier 3 portables, mobiles, as well as the system itself. Furthermore, this event presented a perfect opportunity for Tait to give customers a taste of what future... Continue Reading

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Client Stories

IP linking: an award-winning (and quakeproof) PMR site solution!

November 6, 2012

The robustness of MiMOMax’s IP linking was put to the test in 2011 during the 6.3 magnitude earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Orion, the country’s leading electricity provider, has a private network which survived the natural disaster, and allowed personnel to start energy restoration while maintaining communications in the field.

“After the earthquake, when public access systems were overloaded and some microwave linking solutions were knocked out of alignment, radio worked. Radio worked when other systems failed [thanks to the IP... Continue Reading

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The 6 Steps of Testing to get to “Final Acceptance”

October 25, 2012

One of the most important contractual items of a new or replacement radio communications system is the Acceptance Test.

Acceptance tests come in different names, styles, and formats, but in the end, the term “Final Acceptance” is meant to achieve one goal: validation that the radio system works where, when, and how it was designed to.

But to get to the nirvana of “final acceptance”, there are six key steps that need to be taken… Continue Reading

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Tait News

Q&A with Dave Hadler – Senior Customer Support Engineer

October 23, 2012
Dave Hadler, Tait Senior Customer Support Engineer

What is your current role at Tait?

My job is to look at what our customers have ordered, then shape their build, configuration, installation, and commissioning so that they get exactly what they need.

I get to follow the whole project from the order stage, as it is manufactured, configured, and factory tested with the customer. Then I’m there with them when it is installed and commissioned to make absolutely sure they get what they need.

Over the years, I’ve worked with almost all radio technologies, but I have... Continue Reading

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Trunked versus Conventional: Some Clarifications

October 18, 2012

When choosing a new radio technology, the decision making process needs to incorporate multiple considerations; spectral efficiency, coverage theory, encryption, even interoperability.  There is a lot to think about.

One major consideration before you select the technology platform and migration program that will deliver the results you need, is to choose either a conventional or trunked system. Both options have distinct benefits but making the right choice can be difficult.

Trunking is a system option for larger networks and essentially makes it... Continue Reading

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Channel Sharing Explained: FDMA, TDMA and CDMA

October 9, 2012

In the desirable radio frequencies occupied by Public Safety and Utilities organizations, there is only so much radio spectrum to share between everyone who wants to use it.

Traditionally, analog radio modulation methods such as AM and FM limited the amount of information conveyed within a given channel, and each channel could only host a single conversation at any one time -a pair of users, one transmitting and one receiving.

Analog modulation (AM) places a very finite limit on the number of users that can occupy the radio spectrum, and does not cater well... Continue Reading

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