Telstra completes trial of Group Radio Solution in Australia

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Trials for a new service known as Group Radio Solution have been completed by Australian telco Telstra. The service would see Australian emergency service organizations use its HSPA (Next G) network to operate their emergency radio communications.

Group Radio Solution capability designed by Ericsson would be made available if private mobile radio network operators’ show their interest. The service would then be made available across the Next G network footprint and complement existing essential and emergency radio networks.

According to Telstra Wireless executive director Mike Wright, the trial found a very real potential to combine Telstra’s Next G coverage footprint and range of services with the specific needs of private radio network operators and the extreme weather conditions over the past week illustrate the extraordinary challenges emergency services organizations face and it’s at these times when communications are paramount.

Telstra along with mobile device manufacturers is already working to design a prototype that would allow mobile voice and data services as well as two-way radio functionality on a single device if Telstra decide to deploy the Group Radio Solution.