TETRA  |  2012-10-24

AIR delivers Digital Communications Solutions Conference in Togo

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

The event was addressed to both governmental organizations and industrial companies customers from Togo and the surrounding countries including Benin, Niger, Mali, Gabon, Chad, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast.

This year’s three day event was addressed to both governmental organizations and industrial companies customers from Togo and the surrounding countries including Benin, Niger, Mali, Gabon, Chad, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. The meet, held at the Hotel Mercure Sarakawa in Lomé, was attended by over 70 participants who were introduced to the latest product and solution offerings from Motorola Solutions, AIR, Barrett Communications and Zetron, including Mototrbo, TETRA, and SafeMobile’s most recent release RadioPad and RadioPod.
 
Day one of the regional conference held 30 plus participants from governmental organizations in Togo with guests ranging from the director of transmissions of the Togolese Army Colonel Nolaki Kossi, to Navy, Gendarmerie, Police and United Nations Representatives. In its opening speech, Colonel Nolaki Kossi welcomed the guests by stating that “This event represents an opportunity for governmental institutions in Togo to discover the latest trends and technologies in the radio telecommunication market. We congratulate AIR and Motorola for having the initiative of hosting an event of such a scale”.

Mister Abou-bakr Lamana, AIR’s business development director for Central and Western Africa presented overall AIR and its channel partners’ presence in EMEA, AIR strategy, vision and success reference within African region. Lamana stated: “The main purpose of this event is to promote the latest digital two-way radio communication solutions that provide entities - particularly the army and police, construction companies, manufacturing firms and oil and gas companies - with clearer, more reliable communication and the necessary tools to improve functionality in the workplace. We are proud to be pioneers in bringing the DMR technology to Africa and we are committed to provide customers with product that is not just cutting-edge but also unrivaled technical support”.

Agendas for the September 25th th and 26 th conferences mirrored one another with presentations focused on Motorola's MOTOTRBO, Trunking MOTOTRBO, Dimetra IP Micro and Dimetra IP Compact TETRA solutions, SafeMobile applications, Barrett Military Equipment/HF Professional Radios and Zetron Integrated Command and Control Systems, all solutions and technologies geared at driving communications to digital integration.

Source: AIR