TETRA  |   LTE  |  2018-08-29

ASTRID Registers 80 Companies Exhibiting During Upcoming ASTRID User Days

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

For the very first time, the Federal Public Service Home Affairs and the Belgian Police will each present their innovations on a large stand

The ASTRID User Days provide a very broad overview of current and future applications in the fields of critical communications, localization, paging, track and trace, alarming, dispatching, video, etc. At the end of August, ASTRID, the operator of the public safety critical communications network in Belgium registered the 80 companies with a trade stand for the ASTRID User Days.

This edition will host a large number of new applications on the 3,500 m² exhibition floor. Apart from the traditional companies, we also see many new Belgian and international players taking part for the first time.

For the very first time, the Federal Public Service Home Affairs and the Belgian Police will each present their innovations on a large stand. Home Affairs will present the 112BE app. Using a realistic workstation, visitors will be able to put themselves in the place of a 112 control room operator.

The Civil Defence will demonstrate its new TAST robot, a drone capable of measuring air quality and a balloon with satellite for missions abroad. Other things to see on the stand: the new ICMS platform of the National Crisis Centre, the BE-Alert app and the simulation tool of the Knowledge Centre for Civil Security (KCCE).

The Belgian Police will show its new Volvo V90 with special equipment for the Motorway Police. The theme of the stand will be the “connected police”, with tools such as BeSecure and the use of video images in police work.

The ASTRID User Days will take place on 3 & 4 October in Brussels.