BroadWay project

BroadWay is an EU funded project that will define, develop and trial next-generation critical communication solutions for public safety organizations in Europe.

A key target is to let authorities from different countries communicate seamlessly together — no matter which technologies their colleagues use.

In addition to voice services, authorities need to be able to share the right data to the right people at the right time, wherever they are and whenever needed. These kinds of new broadband capabilities help authorities fight against international crime and terrorism more effectively together — and thus save more lives.

The European Commission launched the Request for Tender (RFT) for the BroadWay project in 2019. Only two of the initial four consortia made it to the final in 2022 of which one consortium is led by Airbus.

BroadWay in a nutshell

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The BroadWay project involves participants from over a hundred organization working side-by-side:

• 11 EU countries – who typically operate the TETRA or Tetrapol networks in their respective countries
• 49 responder organisations, such as police, fire, and emergency medical services, in 14 countries – who want to be involved in evaluating the proposed solutions, and
• 60 additional organisations who have expressed their support of the project.

Their goal is to improve preparedness and cooperation between the participating countries.

Because collaboration is key, the communication between teams needs to be seamless. Efficient communications can save time for the authorities. In a real emergency, time saved may very well mean a life saved.

11 participating countries:

Practitioners from 14 countries: