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| Sepura TETRA radio - a solution for effective and secure communication |
Sepura radios will operate on a Rohde & Schwarz TETRA infrastructure which covers the entire municipality with an area of approximately 5,000 square metres.
The municipality of Mazatlan in Mexico has selected Sepura TETRA radios for its public safety organisations. The contract with Mazatlan’s municipal authorities, the Secretaria de Seguridad Pública (Public Safety Department), was closed by Sepura’s Mexican partner Exsertel S.A. de C.V.
Mazatlan is a premier tourist destination in the Mexican state of Sinaloa and one of the key states in the war against the drug trade in the country. The municipality needed a new radio solution to ensure effective and secure communications – and remove the risk of eavesdropping – for its municipal police in the entirety of its territory. Sepura radios will operate on a Rohde & Schwarz TETRA infrastructure which covers the entire municipality with an area of approximately 5,000 square metres.
The Secretary of Public Safety in Mazatlan, Lic. Gilberto Acuña Armenta commented: “By enabling AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location), the GPS option available in Sepura TETRA hand-portables STP8000 and STP8100 will enhance operational efficiency and improve officer safety. The hand-portables and the SRG gateways high RF power is a perfect fit for our specific coverage requirements. Furthermore, Sepura’s revolutionary Man-down functionality – which triggers an alert when the radio detects ‘non typical’ user movement – is a crucial new safety feature for all our police officers, in particular when working alone.”
Lic. Gilberto Acuña Armenta added: “The Bluetooth functionality of Sepura’s hand-portables will enable future implementation of remote data projects and the ability to deal with events more effectively by sending pictures of fingerprints, criminals or missing persons over the TETRA network.”
The GPS feature of Sepura TETRA hand-portables improves operational efficency and officer safety |
Juan Carlos Calderón Tapia, Operations Manager at Exsertel said: “The Mazatlan TETRA project is an example of Sepura’s ability to exceed customer requirements and expectations: not only were the radios delivered and configured on time, but Sepura’s radio design will allow our customers to develop applications for their network. Choosing these radios promises undoubtedly the best return on their investment.” Mr. Calderón continued: “This is the third operational public safety TETRA network in Mexico – but the first one to comprise a complete fleet of Sepura radios in operation and to include interconnectivity with the National Security System. The Mazatlan network is prestigious and pivotal as it is viewed as a pilot project for the deployment of a nation-wide TETRA network.”
Mazatlan is the second largest city in the Mexican state of Sinaloa located on the Pacific coast. The surrounding municipality which it serves has a population of 403,888 habitants. The city was founded in 1531, and by the mid-1800s it became a thriving commercial seaport, importing equipment for the nearby gold and silver mines. Besides being a very popular tourist destination Mazatlan is also one of Mexico’s largest commercial ports.
