BOS Public Safety Digital Radio in Germany
The BOS Digital Radio Network is a nationwide, shared network for all security authorities and organisations in Germany. The network is the largest TETRA network in the world.
BOS radio network
Germany's nationwide BOS network is the largest TETRA network in the world.
There are more than 1,200,000 registered devices in the BOS network.
Facts and figures
- The network covers 99,2 % of the German territory
- It handles around 47,000,000 group calls / month
- The average network availability is 99.97 %
- There are more than 5,000 base stations in operation.
User organizations
A number of different organizations share the use of the BOS public safety radio network. For example:
- National police organisations (Polizeien des Bundes)
- Regional police organisations (Polizeien der Länder)
- Fire departments (Feuerwehren)
- Rescue departments (Rettungsdiensten)
- Disaster prevention and civil protection (Katastrophen- und Zivilschutzbehörden)
- National civil protection office (Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk (THW)
- Customs (Bundeszollverwaltung)
The German public safety relies on BOS communications for everyday operations. In addition, communication over the network plays an important role in securing special events. The G7 Summit in 2015 was just one example of an important event which required first-class security.
