Dominican Republic has awarded Hytera a radio communications contract to implement a TETRA radio communications system and a secure 911 service for the Santo Domingo area.

The Hytera TETRA system will cover the whole National District and Santo Domingo province together with neighboring municipalities using five infrastructure sites provided by the Government.

The Dominican state required an integrated communications solution so that all Public Safety groups operating in the city of Santo Domingo can work effectively together to attack insecurity and attend any public emergency that may occur. This system will allow Santo Domingo to have the capacity to offer a rapid response when needed by its citizens as well as allowing control and dispatch facilities for all participating agencies such as Police, Fire, Ambulances and others.

"We clearly set out the design of all the system components and included in our offer certain elements that went beyond what was asked for, as was more than proved in a field test undertaken with the Ministry's technical team. For example, regarding the portable radios, the IP55 certification against water and dust was required as a minimum and we offered our IP67 certified terminals; also 2000mAh batteries were required and we will deliver 2500 mAh batteries, "stated Fernando Camelo, Hytera's Sales Director.