Thales has successfully tested its NEXIUM Wireless broadband 4G/LTE standard professional mobile radio (PMR) solution under operational conditions with the electric utility EDF.
The applications deployed by Thales were evaluated by a whole range of EDF users, including maintenance, security, safety and site surveillance staff. The numerous operational users who took part in the field trial, with several types of terminals including the hardened TeSquad terminal, had a chance to experience the gains in efficiency and security offered by the solution's on-the-move multimedia capabilities (for example, through group call, geolocated data collection, and real-time photo and video transfer features). EDF underlined its interest in 4G/LTE technology for its excellent radio coverage even inside industrial buildings, where propagation conditions can be particularly challenging, as well as outside the site. This solution also allows services currently provided by different radiocommunication systems to be integrated within a single infrastructure.
The success of the trials is a further endorsement of Thales’s 4G/LTE secured communications solutions and their ability to guarantee the security, availability and resilience of mission-critical applications for civilian users.
Further information about our PMR solutions is also available at www.thalesgroup.com/PMR.