MobiPlus to invest $100m in the first TETRA network

The management of MobiPlus company, which owns the TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) national licence, intends to make an investment of over 100 million dollars in the following years, for developing the new radio communication network in Romania.

The services offered by MobiPlus on the Romanian market are mostly aimed at the large companies operating in the domain of public security (police, firemen, civil protection), health (ambulance services, hospitals), industry, public utilities, customs offices, governmental and administrative units.

The incentives offered by the TETRA network mostly consist of the capacity to transmit IP (Internet Protocol) data with a speed of up to 28.8 kb per second, to rapidly establish radio connections (in less than 0.3 seconds) and to protect voice and data communication.

The company this month received the right to operate within the 410-430 MHz frequency, this licence being valid for a period of ten years.

In a first stage, which is going to last for six months, the network covering Brasov, Bucharest, Cluj, Constanta, Iasi and Timisoara will become operational, then after another six months European routes will also be connected.

Twenty-four months after the network becomes operational, MobiPlus intends to connect all cities exceeding 100,000 inhabitants and all national routes to the TETRA system.

In the first year, the company hopes to attract approximately 28,000 customers. In the next ten years, MobiPlus expects the number of its customers to stand at 150,000.

In order to develop the new network, MobiPlus will benefit from the support of companies such as Radcom (the main conventional radio networks and trunking MPT 1327 operator), Mediacom ’95 (national distributor of GSM services and terminals) and the mobile telephony operator Mobil Rom.

Radcom is to contribute to the system’s establishment with the technical experience it acquired on the local market, while Mediacom ’95 is to offer its competence in marketing activities.

After the system becomes operational, MobiPlus customers will benefit from state-of-the-art equipment in the domain of networks and stations (collaborations with Nokia, Motorola and Simaco).