Largest Hard Style Rave Festival in the World Benefits from TETRA Critical Communications Technology

Last weekend it was time for the Defcon.1 Weekend Festival, the world's biggest harder styles festival, known for its incredible line-up and unparalleled endshows. This year, the festival celebrated its 20th edition.

The event took place on the 'Holy Grounds' at Walibi Holland, a major events ground that hosts a varity of large scale events and was originally developed by Scouting Netherlands for the 1994 European Jamboree and the 1995 World Jamboree.

After a build-up period of 3 weeks, 4 full festival days followed, with 65,000 people celebrating every day. For R&S, a leading radio communications supplier based in The Netherlands and specialized in large event communications such a Pinkpop and the Rotterdam Marathon, this is one of the largest communication projects. 

R&S supplied Defcon.1 with more than 1,100 Motorola Solutions TETRA radios, to be used by the organizer Q-dance to enable staff and security with reliable and robust communications.