Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs selects Sepura for Moscow traffic safety

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has selected Sepura terminals for Moscow's new TETRA network. This contract was won in conjunction with Infracom, one of Sepura's official Russian distributors and member of the TETRARUS programme.
The Ministry's Traffic Safety and Special Operations Centre chose Sepura's GPS-enabled mobiles and desktop terminals. The radios are to be trialled throughout 2006.

Police cars will use Sepura TETRA mobiles to communicate with each other and with the dispatching centre. In addition, two dispatching centres in Moscow will use Sepura desktop radios with special software that will use GPS to track the mobile-equipped police cars on an electronic map of Moscow.

A number of the centre's police cars already use Sepura radios and onboard computers to exchange urgent and important information with the traffic safety department, directly over the radio channel. The deployment of Sepura TETRA radios will enable dispatchers and officers in the field to communicate effectively and respond rapidly to incidents across Moscow.

Following the trial in Moscow, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will work with Infracom on the adoption of Sepura terminals by other services within the ministry and other regions of Russia.