TETRA Applications

Significantly enhance your TETRA solution

APPLICATIONS

Tap into certified applications to boost your existing TETRA communication platform.

Innovative communication

Enhance your TETRA solution with trusted, mission-critical applications. Innovative voice and data applications deliver improved working methods for professional users.

Certified ecosystem

We work closely with selected development partners to test and certify TETRA applications to ensure they operate seamlessly with Airbus technologies and other platforms.

Vast range of categories

With the wide variety of apps in our ecosystem, we’re sure we have one to suit your needs. Benefit from categories including alerts, control room, messaging and positioning.

A path into the future

With Agnet® TETRA, you can benefit from a mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) solution that opens the door to a rich ecosystem of future-thinking applications.

Why TETRA radio users should consider MCPTT

MCPTT

Even if you’re a seasoned TETRA radio user, there are many reasons why you should consider MCPTT.

MCPTT over broadband can open your solution to several benefits, including artificial intelligence support and voice, video, multimedia and location-sharing capabilities.

Strong MCPTT works on top of broadband networks, ensuring a smooth transition from your TETRA system to a broadband solution.

Your solution will also be open to a diverse range of certified applications that can significantly enhance your mission-critical communications. Increase automation, improve efficiency and save lives.

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Tap into 30+ years of global experience

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

We’re proud to have led the critical communications industry for over three decades. With that experience comes a comprehensive knowledge of our services and how to best use them in various situations.

Work closely with our experts to deploy your solution with confidence and reinforce it with innovative applications that drive it forward.

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Our professional services

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Experts in 20 nations

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Certified applications that you can trust

CERTIFICATION

We provide application developers with the necessary information and services for successful application interface integration with TETRA.

Plus, we rigorously test and certify applications to ensure they’re mission-ready and operate seamlessly with Airbus technologies.

Partners with the ‘certified’ tag offer applications tested to work with Airbus solutions and verified by Airbus to comply with the relevant API for a particular TETRA network software release.

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CONTACT

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Frequently asked questions

FAQS

Who uses TETRA radio communications?

TETRA is the world’s most used digital PMR standard, deployed in approximately 130 countries.

Some examples of Airbus TETRA system customers are:

- Nationwide BOS digital radio network for German authorities

- VIRVE, nationwide public safety network in Finland. In operation since 2002

- Oslo Metro, public transportation in the capital of Norway

- Airport Operations CC, Dubai Airports

Airbus is committed to maintaining these systems for years to come. This guarantees that the TETRA system develops for a long time.

How good is TETRA coverage?

Coverage depends mostly on the frequency used and the transmission power. As TETRA is an open standard, competing vendors have continuously brought innovation to TETRA’s development so that today, using the same frequency band with similar output power, TETRA coverage is outstanding.

Did you know?

- The TB3-series base stations are the most popular in the world. For example, the coverage for the world's largest TETRA network (BOS network in Germany) is built with TB3 TETRA base stations.

- The hybrid base station TB4 is ready for broadband. It can handle both 4G/5G and TETRA technology.

Can a TETRA network be connected with other technologies?

Airbus TETRA systems connect analogue and digital group call services using the Generic Four Wire interface. There is an interface for one-to-one calls for connecting to an organisation's PABX, to PSTN or cellular networks, and interfaces for connecting SDS (the “TETRA text messages”) with cellular networks and IP data traffic with data networks.

What's more, you can adopt smartphones and other broadband solutions and connect them very effectively to Airbus TETRA systems. Such hybrid solutions are a smooth way to mission-critical broadband.

What does TETRA over broadband mean?

There’s an ever-growing trend among professional organisations to use smartphones to take advantage of broadband and multimedia communications. The main reason for this is to expand the critical communications service for those who communicate via smartphone. Economical reasons are a strong factor in this, as it’s more cost-effective than going directly to broadband-based critical communication (4G/5G).

TETRA over broadband makes it possible for the radio user to have a group call also with team members who carry a smartphone. Learn more in this blog post: What does ‘TETRA over LTE’ mean?

What about TETRA and smartphones?

The smartphone trend also means that one person may have to use a TETRA radio and a smartphone for work. Two different devices mean different procedures and different functions. Carrying two devices is not ideal.

So, could TETRA features be brought into a smartphone?

There are apps that put a PTT button on the smartphone screen. Some smartphone models may also have a physical button that could be dedicated to the PTT function. This is great for many users, especially when the push-to-talk application is designed for professional use.