Webinars

QPP Implementation Guide (QIG) Overview

This webinar took place on Thursday 20 November 2025

Webinar moderated by Jason Johur, TCCA Board member and chair of TCCA’s Broadband Industry Group

Presenters:

Nathan Jeyaratnarajah, Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme, UK Home Office

Zeineb Makni, Public Safety Solution Architect, Ericsson

Prashant Raghuvanshi, Associate Director, AT&T

This webinar focused on the QPP Implementation Guide (QIG), which follows the conclusion of the recent QIG Taskforce and the panel discussion at the Critical Communications World 2025.

The webinar covered these key agenda items:

• QIG Definition and Scope
• Importance of QPP in Mission Critical broadband networks
• Examples of QPP mechanisms and implementation scenarios
• Other important considerations
• Example of QPP field deployments

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Expanding the boundaries of TETRA – New solutions to suit the needs of an evolving customer base

This webinar took place on 07 October 2025 at 10.00 BST

The slides, Q & A and recording are available below.

From superyachts to salmon – this webinar will look at how TETRA is meeting the needs of an evolving customer base, and will present case studies on how TETRA is supporting a range of diverse sectors.

The webinar provided an update on the Interworking Function which enables TETRA to work together with critical broadband networks.

Chair: Ildefonso de la Cruz, Omdia

Presenters:

Extending TETRA beyond classic public safety frequency bands:

• Marcos Tomita, Stocktotal Telecomunicações
• Gilson Pozzati, DAMM Cellular Systems

TETRA + LTE – an update on the Interworking Function:

• Michel Duits, DSB Norway

From superyachts to salmon – the myriad markets for TETRA

• John Drewnicki, Sepura
• Ricardo Gonzalez, Motorola Solutions
• Stephanie Piciorgros, Funk-Electronic Piciorgros

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Q&A document here

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ACCF Webinar: Advancing Critical Communications for a safer and more connected world

This webinar took place on Thursday 28 August 2025

The recording is available below.

Moderator: Tero Pesonen, TCCA Vice-Chair

Panellists:

• Craiig Parnham, NSWTA

• Bjoern Brunner, Frequentis

• David Montillet, Airbus

• Lirong Yang, Motorola Solutions

• Chris Cant, Sepura

• Daniel Chivell, Telstra

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Talking TETRA! Working together: A panel discussion on the hybrid model

This webinar took place on Tuesday 11 March 2025 10am GMT

A panel discussion around TETRA and Broadband – Working Together

Moderator: Ildefonso de la Cruz, OMDIA

Panellists:

• Timo Toikkanen, Airbus
• Hauke Holm, DAMM
• Angelo Benvenuto, Leonardo
• Katrin Reitsma, Motorola Solutions
• John Drewnicki, Sepura

Q&A document here

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Guidance for the successful usage of Massive Mission Critical Video

This webinar took place on Tuesday 21 January 2025

The recording, slides and Q & A document are available below.

Video is one of the most promising and versatile technologies for enhancing operational efficiency and effectiveness in emergency and disaster situations. Video is widely considered as a significant capability to improve safety, coordination, collaboration, and decision-making quality, particularly during high stakes, end-user operational scenarios.

Drawing insights from the work of a TCCA task force, this webinar aims to provide valuable guidance on what public safety agencies and operators need to consider to successfully plan & implement video services for mission-critical operations, especially in cases where the scale of its usage is deemed ‘massive’.

The main considerations and solutions to address the key challenges of massive mission-critical video will be presented, including deployment of suitable network capabilities with sufficient capacity, implementing specific network and video application functionalities, and taking operational factors into perspective.

Join task force leaders Sanne Stijve and Sami Honkaniemi for this insightful session and Q & A.

Photo image credit: Modirum Platforms

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TALKING TETRA - The Continuing Rise of the TETRA Standard

This webinar took place on 21 November 2024 at 10am CET.

The recording, Q & A document and slides are available below.

TCCA recognises TETRA as a continuously evolving narrowband standard that delivers mission critical service globally every day. The work on TETRA encryption update is designed to make TETRA secure for at least the next 20 years. For mission critical users requiring organisation-centric group voice communication and messaging services using narrowband technologies on dedicated frequencies, TETRA remains the optimal multi-vendor interoperable choice for the foreseeable future.

The webinar covered:

• TETRA: market overview
• TETRA’s rising influence across sectors
• What’s next? The future of TETRA

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• Francesco Pasquali
• Ildefonso de la Cruz Morales
• Stuart Will
• Tim Clark

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Navigating Tomorrows Communications – Roadmap for innovation and development of Critical Communications

This Webinar took place on 1st August 2024.

For the fourth year running, the Australasian Critical Communications Forum (ACCF), a chapter of TCCA, held a Webinar bringing mission and business critical end users in Australasia/Oceania the latest in Critical Communications deployments, trends and innovations impacting the sector.

In the webinar you will hear directly from end users and technology suppliers about the evolution of standardised mission critical digital LMR and Broadband/5G technologies, satellite communication and control centres explaining how new technologies are driving change in the Critical Communications ecosystems in our part of the world.

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Maintaining the Momentum in Critical Communications

This webinar took place on Tuesday 8 August 2023 12 noon – 14.30 AEDT

Our Australasian Critical Communications Forum (ACCF) presents this CCBitesize Webinar for mission critical and business critical end users in Australasia/Oceania.

The event will inform attendees of the latest in LMR and Broadband releases, including case studies from Government operators, local and global manufacturers, suppliers and integrators.

The webinar allows you to hear directly from end users and technology suppliers the evolution of standardised mission critical LMR, broadband and 4G/5G connectivity, explaining how the new technologies will drive change in the ecosystems in our part of the world.

Speaker list and further information here

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New Additional TETRA Security Algorithms

This webinar took place on Wednesday June 14 2023

The recording, slides and Q & A document are available below.

With TETRA predicted to maintain steady growth in the coming years, this webinar looks at how the standard is evolving and the steps that both TETRA network operators and TETRA users need to consider in ensuring their existing networks and terminals continue to give top quality service.

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The Critical Need for Spectrum – the Key Enabler for Mission Critical Broadband

This webinar took place on Thursday April 27 2023

The slides and the recording are available below.

The upcoming World Radiocommunications Conference (WRC) 2023 will be crucial in deciding the allocation of spectrum.

The webinar covered:

• How the availability of spectrum for mission critical users benefit all mission critical networks irrespective or their deployment models
• How spectrum is made available at international and national level by the regulatory authorities
• Which spectrum opportunities for mission critical users are currently being discussed in the upcoming World Radio Conference
• TCCA’s position for the World Radio Conference
• How to take action and contribute to make spectrum available for mission critical users

Presented by:

• Luz Fernández del Rosal and Noel Kirkaldy

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Key Considerations for Air-to-Ground-to-Air (AGA) Broadband Solutions

This webinar took place on Wednesday 23 February 2022

The presentation slides, a recording of the webinar and the Q & A document are available below.

Presented by TCCA’s Broadband Industry Group, this webinar covered:

• AGA Use Cases with LTE
• The different types of LTE AGA networks available today
• Radio planning considerations
• Equipment for LTE PPDR AGA networks
• 5G and future features for AGA networks

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The future of Mission Critical Communications networks – Is there space for LMR and Critical Broadband to coexist, or does the winner take it all?

This webinar took place on Monday 18 October 2021.

The recording, slides and Q and A document are available below.

In this webinar, OMDIA aims to contextualise the paradigm shift that Mission Critical Communications are experiencing and its effect on Land Mobile Radio networks.

The webinar will provide an assessment of the growth potential for global LMR networks, including insight on their capabilities that will drive future demand.

The webinar will deliver a list of important observations extracted from global public safety and security networks and review the potential of hybrid networks that leverage the reliability of LMR and the enhancements of MC-LTE

Presented by:

• Ildefonso de la Cruz Morales

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Making Sense of MCX Deployments

This webinar took place on Tuesday 4 May 2021. The recording, Q & A document and presentation are available below.

The standardisation of Mission Critical Push-To-Talk (MCPTT), Mission Critical Data (MCData) and Mission Critical Video (MCVideo) services – collectively known as MCX – started with 3GPP Release-13 and is ongoing in current Releases. Interoperability and MCX harmonisation are critical challenges for the successful deployment and operation of broadband mission critical communications, which present a new way of thinking IT for PPDR.

This webinar will take you through the overall architecture of MCX and discuss how it can be deployed and what benefits the various deployment options bring. It will touch upon interface possibilities between LMR and MCX – standards-based and gateway-based.

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3GPP critical communications standardisation - progress, present and future

This webinar took place on Tuesday 9 March 2021. The recording and Q & A document are available below.

Since 3GPP Release-12, work has been ongoing to ensure that the unique needs of critical communications users are taken into account during the standards development process. This Critical Update webinar, presented in in round table format, looks at what has been achieved to date, the work currently in progress, and what the future might hold in terms of both 5G and 6G for the critical communications user.

Participants are 3GPP Technical Specification Group (TSG) chairs Balazs Bertenyi (RAN), Georg Mayer (SA) and Lionel Morand (CT), and the session is led by the chair of TCCA’s Critical Communications Broadband Group Tero Pesonen.

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The Development of Critical Broadband Networks – Five Nations Give Their Perspective

This webinar took place on Tuesday 26 January 2021. The recording is available below.

This webinar takes a look at the status of critical broadband across Europe, focusing on the successes achieved and the challenges faced by government operators from Belgium, France, Germany, Switzerland and The Netherlands.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about the different stages and phases around Europe, to find out how the different projects are developing, and to participate in a live Q & A session with the experts from each nation.

Download the Q & A document here.

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• Christophe Gregoire

• Gerard Carmona

• Luz Fernandez del Rosal

• Herman van Sprakelaar

• Sanne Stijve

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Interworking of Mission Critical Broadband and Current Narrowband Systems

This webinar took place on Thursday 15 October 2020. The recording is available below.

Presented by critical communications experts, this webinar covers:

• Experiences with connecting narrowband mission critical systems

• Concept of broadband interworking with existing systems such as TETRA and P25

• The status of standardisation work in 3GPP, ETSI and ATIS

• Challenges with conformance and testing

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Critical Broadband in Europe - Updates from the Government Operators

This webinar took place on Wednesday 07 October 2020 – the recording is available below.

Critical broadband networks are slowly taking shape across Europe, and each step by each operator means more experiences to share and more knowledge to take forward. There is significant collaboration between the European government operators to ensure the most efficient progress in each country.

This webinar presents the challenges and opportunities identified by government operators from Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the UK as they move towards implementation, and will underline the essential requirement for interoperability.

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COVID-19 - Challenges and Opportunities for the Critical Communications Industry

This webinar took place on Wednesday 16th September 2020. The recording is below.

The COVID-19 pandemic has meant unprecedented changes to every aspect of our lives through 2020.

These changes have brought challenges and opportunities, each unique to specific industries. In this webinar, Omdia presents the challenges and opportunities faced by the critical communications industry, from mobile radio, critical communications broadband, and through to command and control rooms.

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English Fire and Rescue Services - Preparedness for ESN

This webinar took place on Tuesday 08 September 2020 – the recording and Q & A document are below.

The University of Leeds has published a significant research report entitled Information and Communication Technologies in the Fire and Rescue Services in England. The report has a distinct focus on the UK’s Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme (ESMCP) and the Services’ readiness for and confidence in the UK’s Emergency Services Network (ESN).

Whilst this in-depth report is focused on Fire and Rescue Services in England, its findings will be of interest to any organisations or services around the world involved in a critical communications project or intending to migrate to a broadband-based system.

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Moving Certification Forward for Mission Critical Products

This webinar took place on Thursday 02 July 2020 – in association with Radio Resource International

The Global Certification Forum (GCF) and TCCA have combined their expertise and established a Joint Task Force for mission-critical products certification. The task force has worked from January until June 2020 and assessed the possibilities for a certification scheme, conducting a gap analysis in terms of frequency bands and mission-critical functionalities compared with current available processes in GCF. This webinar, moderated by RRI editor Sandi Wendelken, summarises the findings and outcomes of the GCF-TCCA Joint Task Force.

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TETRA to 2035 and beyond - an overview of the continuing enhancement of the TETRA standard

This webinar took place on Wednesday 24 June 2020.

Since the first networks were implemented more than 20 years ago, TETRA has become the critical communications technology of choice around the world. While critical broadband systems are emerging, they will only provide a partial solution for many years to come, and TETRA will still be required to provide very high resilience, secure voice and short data functionality.

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Mission Critical Services - Testing as a Service

This webinar took place on Wednesday June 10 2020.

A lack of certification programmes for critical broadband has allowed the misuse of the MCPTT/MCData/MCVideo terms with vendors making ambiguous claims such as ‘3GPP aligned’, ‘MCPTT ready/capable/forward-compatible’ and so on, thus jeopardising customer confidence. Find out more about the innovative MCS-TaaSting approach that aims to fulfil the specific needs of the mission critical community in terms of flexible conformance testing.

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Mission Critical Services (MCX) ETSI Plugtests™ : Results and Future Plans

This webinar took place on 14 May 2020.

Interoperability and service harmonisation are critical challenges for the successful deployment and operation of mission critical communications. Find out more about how ETSI works to ensure robust mission critical services.

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