TETRA  |  2018-02-03

Hytera Supplies 8,203 TETRA-Terminals to the Peruvian MOI

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

Hytera Mobilfunk GmbH Sucursal del Perú has won the largest international public radio TETRA tender awarded to date in Peru, signing the contract on 26th January to supply 8,203 TETRA radios to the Peruvian Ministry of Interior.

Hytera Mobilfunk GmbH Sucursal del Perú has won the largest international public radio TETRA tender awarded to date in Peru, signing the contract on 26th January to supply 8,203 TETRA radios to the Peruvian Ministry of Interior.

"Hytera´s commitment with the Peruvian government to improve public safety in Peru has been reinforced with this new contract award. Our local team are proud to be part of the modernisation process for public safety radio communications which will ultimately benefit Peruvian citizens and tourists", says Luis Perez, Head of Hytera Perú.

The scope of supply includes 6,459 Hytera PT580H Plus TETRA hand-held radios, 1,714 Hytera MT680 Plus TETRA mobile radios and 30 fixed TETRA radio stations (Hytera MT680 Plus B). In addition, Hytera will develop a customised application interface for the police in Peru, which allows officers to query data directly from the radio, interacting with police databases.

Service support by Hytera
As part of the contract, the project includes 36 months of after service support. Hytera will invest in the local Regional Technological Competence Centre, located in Lima, to modernise and improve the after sales support offered to the 18,500 Hytera TETRA radio users in Perú.

"We are very pleased that the Peruvian Ministry of the Interior has awarded this contract to us. Our product quality and breadth of functionality has been commended. Thanks to their extremely robust design and manufacturing quality standard, our TETRA radios meet even the most demanding requirements. This makes our devices perfect for police operations", says Frank Pauer, Deputy CSO at Hytera Mobilfunk.