“That’s pretty important because, in the future, even in the far future, it’s inconceivable that you won’t organize communications around talkgroups and voice – because when everything goes wrong and all the officers are engaged in an emergency, everything is done through audio. It’s a natural, instinctive way of communicating.

“Because LTE requires spectrum and a significant investment, we also see a lot of interest in TEDS [TETRA Enhanced Data Services]. The TETRA network today gives you TEDS capabilities, so they can have that now. We’re trying to make sure that our customers have future-proofing for TEDS, future-proofing for LTE. Choices are key: provide the customers options, and that allows them to decide at the right time which way they want to go.

“One of the biggest things is, ‘Am I installing the right technology?’ And I think in TETRA they certainly are, because there is so very much commitment behind it now – more than there has ever been.”