Sepura secures new contract with Catalonia police

Acisa, Sepura’s official distributor in Spain, has won a contract in a competitive tender to supply TETRA hand-held and vehicle radios to the police force in the Catalonia region through the Catalua Department of Home Affairs.

This latest order follows a previous contract that was well received by the users, and consolidates Acisa’s and Sepura’s prime position in Spain’s TETRA market.

The contract follows the decision in 2005 by the Catalua Autonomous Government to switch from TETRAPOL to the TETRA network to equip Mossos d’Esquadra, the Barcelona region’s elite police force.

This migration of the digital infrastructure was planned in phases, and the 2007 round of contracts for the Mossos Police Project is for SRG3500 in-vehicle radios (all with Gateway/Repeater) and SRH3800 sGPS^TMhand-held radios (all with Repeater functionality).

Emanuele Algieri, Southern Europe Sales Director, highlighted the sales win, saying: “This contract confirms the dedication and total focus of Acisa and Sepura in Spain’s competitive TETRA market.

“Our customer appreciated the technical support coupled with the enhanced performance of Sepura radios. Not only are the products robust and easy to use, their innovative technology gives police the ultimate communication tools to combat crime and to ensure an efficient service to the community.”

These innovations include:

GPS module within the radios to track the location of all police personnel and vehicles.
Air and end-to-end encryption to ensure maximum security.
Continuous communication even in network blackspots thanks to Gateway/Repeater functionality.

Press information:

Chris Johnson
Marketing Communications Manager
Sepura Ltd
Radio House
St Andrews Road
Cambridge CB4 1GR

tel: +44 (0)1223 694647
fax: +44 (0)1223 879000

email:chris.johnson@sepura.com
website:www.sepura.com

About Sepura:

Sepura is the world’s leading independent TETRA terminal supplier. It designs, develops and supplies digital (TETRA) radios for the public safety market (such as police, fire and ambulance) as well as Military, Transport and Utilities. Sepura headquartered in Cambridge, UK, has an international network of distributors and partners supplying organisations in over 80 countries worldwide.

Sepura offers the most comprehensive and largest international range of TETRA products. Its products are available in the widest range of TETRA frequency bands and operate on all manufacturers’ infrastructures.

Manufactured by Siemens in Austria, Sepura’s product portfolio comprises vehicle-mounted and hand-held radios, the world’s most popular covert radios, 10W mobile gateways and the most advanced programming support tool on the TETRA market today – Radio Manager. Amongst the many options available with these radios are the multi award winning fully-integrated sGPS^TMreceiver and the most comprehensive range of air interface and End-to-End encryption algorithms.