Sepura enabled seamless communications at the 27th Universiade, also known as World University Games, which took place in Kazan, capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia from 6 to 17 July 2013. Over 5,500 Sepura TETRA radios operated on TETRA infrastructure deployed specifically for these games by the local operator MS-SPETSTELECOM on behalf of the Government of Tatarstan. The radio models selected comprise the STP8000, STP8200 and STP9200 hand-portables and the SRG3900 mobile terminal; all radios these were mainly used by organizations responsible for security and safety at the event. TETRA technology gave flexibility in interoperability between a variety of associated organizations and departments, fundamental during large scale sporting events like the Universiade.

In addition, a special application specifically developed for this event enabled remote programming of the TETRA radios, hence streamlining what would have otherwise been a time-intensive process. Yury Gorshkov,chairman of the Board of Directors of MSSPETSTELECOM said: “Our key criteria in selecting TETRA terminals were robustness and audio quality because of the potential for radios to be dropped or knocked and because of the crowd noise that would occur during the sporting events. Selecting Sepura gave us what we needed, from secure communications through to good support and reliability.”

Kasper Barfoed, regional director for Sepura commented: “Sepura TETRA solutions are transforming communications in the run up to, and during, large scale sporting or political events, festivals and concerts. Major events require years of planning and security, safety and communications considerations are at the heart of each stage.”