The new Integrated Command and Control System (ICCS) in the Trondheim control room of the Sør-Trøndelag police district, which is based on the Frequentis Nødnett ICCS 3020 V3.0 solution, has gone live. The plan is to activate the TETRA network connection as a second step once the network is fully rolled out across the region. Nødnett is the new digital radio communication system for the Norwegian emergency services. It uses TETRA technology and owned by the state’s Directorate for Emergency Communication. The network is in full operation across the initial service area (Østfold, Follo, Romerike, Oslo, Asker og Bærum and Søndre Buskerud police districts), and nationwide radio roll-out will be complete by the end of 2015. Motorola Solutions is the prime contractor for the whole Nødnett programme and Frequentis a sub-contractor for the installation, integration and maintenance of the control room systems.

The “go live” event saw the new control room take over telephony and related functionality from the old facility. Frequentis equipped 10 working positions with its Nødnett ICCS 3020 V3.0 solution and touch-screen user interfaces, and undertook the connection and integration tasks required for the TETRA roll-out. The activation of the TETRA network connection will take place next year, in compliance with the two-step Nødnett implementation approach used by the Norwegian Police. The first step is for the Integrated Command and Control System to go live using the existing analogue radio network. The switch to TETRA follows in a second step, once the network becomes operational in that area. The network roll-out is managed in phases and divided into geographical areas, so the roll-out will gradually encompass more and more of the 27 police districts. To date, the new Nødnett ICCS solution from Frequentis has entered live operation in 20 of these districts.