Critical Communications Broadband Group – CCBG
TCCA’s Critical Communications Broadband Group (CCBG), a Working Group of TCCA, drives the development and adoption of common global mobile broadband standards and solutions for users who operate in a mission critical or business critical environment*.
The aim of the CCBG is to enable all mission critical and business critical users to access their information systems, intranet and internet at broadband speeds using their professional mobile devices wherever they are and whenever they have the need. This broadband capability should meet the specific needs of the user in the same way that critical voice and narrowband data services are currently delivered by technologies such as TETRA, Tetrapol, P25 and others.
*Examples of mission critical and business critical users include the following:
- Public Safety/PPDR
- Government entities
- Utilities (Electricity, Gas, Water)
- Power Generation
- Petrochemical/Extraction
- Transport (International and Metropolitan Rail, Metro, Ports, Airports, Buses, Trams and Taxis)
- Military/Paramilitary
- Security
- Telcos
- Sporting and leisure complexes
Chairman Tero Pesonen – tero.pesonen@tcca.info
Vice-Chair: Luz Fernández del Rosal
Mission/Vision Statement – adopted 23 April 2012
Terms of Reference CCBG ToRs FINAL (November 2016)
Next CCBG meeting
CCBG#28 – Oct/Nov 2023 TBC
See members area for more information.
Previous CCBG meeting
CCBG#27 – 12-13 April 2023
Input documents: see members area
Cyber Security Workshop
The Cyber Security Workshop took place on Wednesday 19 May 2021.
View the presentations here.
Latest publications
April 2022 – White Paper: Mission Critical Broadband Applications
October 2021 – White Paper: Mission Critical Broadband Device Procurement
All TCCA white papers can be viewed here
Critical communications in 3GPP – videos
For the latest videos on critical communications in 3GPP, please see YouTube or Vimeo
CCBG in the News
May 2023 – On the brink of transformation – 3GPP Highlights
April 2023 – WRC23 – a turning point for safer and more secured societies – African Wireless Communications
March 2023 – On the brink of disasters – the crucial need for PPDR spectrum – Critical Communications Today
February 2023 – Spectrum availability and allocation at WRC23 – podcast – Crit Comms Circle
December 2022 – Please meet CCBG Chair Tero Pesonen – African Wireless
December 2022 – Making a controlled leap to the next level – 3GPP Highlights
November 2022 – Speaking with a united voice – Critical Communications Today
June 2022 – Critical broadband devices: points to consider in the procurement process – Critical Communications
April 2022 – An overview of the work of CCBG – Radio Resource International
March 2022 – Ready for a big year – Critical Communications Today
March 2022 – Critical communications broadband device procurement process – Criticalcomms.com.au
February 2022 – Industry transformation and MNO strategies – CritComms Circle
December 2021 – ETSI CTO discusses details of 3GPP Release 18 – Radio Resource International
November 2021 – Cybersecurity – new ways, new vigilance – Critical Communications Today