Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE)

✨ Shaping Europe’s Future with Secure Satellite Connectivity ✨ The European Commission has signed a contract with the #SpaceRISE consortium to launch IRIS², a revolutionary system of 290 satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (#MEO) and Low Earth Orbit (#LEO). IRIS² will: ✅ Deliver secure connectivity for EU governments. ✅ Provide high-speed broadband to businesses and citizens, especially in underserved areas. This initiative will strengthen Europe’s technological leadership and strategic autonomy while bridging connectivity gaps. Read the full news here: https://lnkd.in/dN_bSyw6 #SatelliteConnectivity #IRIS2 #Innovation #DigitalFuture #StrategicAutonomy

🌍📡 Today we’re at the ETSI International Telecommunication Union Symposium on #ICTSustainability in Geneva, joined by Monique Calisti (Project Coordinator), Marja Matinmikko-Blue (External Advisory Board), and Anna Aseeva (Sustainability Expert). 🙌 Together with our partners from ETSI, IEEE, the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), and the Hexa-X-II ecosystem, we’re working to help technologists integrate sustainability and societal values into the design phase of #6G technologies. By prioritizing these elements early, we’re ensuring the next generation of connectivity is built with social impact and environmental care at its heart. 🌱💡 Read about our participation: https://lnkd.in/duEQGqD8 #6GInnovation #Sustainability #SmartNetworks #Collaboration #ICT4Good

It's possible we'll look back on December 5th 2024's EUCCS Preparation - previously BroadEUNet #EUCCS session at Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) Winter Conference #Brussels as an important moment for our #publicsafety #missioncritical #criticalcommunications industry. Only time will tell, but it's clear EUCCS will demand a truly monumental, collective effort from all those involved. European Commission #DG_HOME Alice Mazzetto was first up yesterday afternoon, presenting Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's political guidelines for 2024-2029 for a safer & more secure Europe "centred around a new European Critical Communications System". Support right from the very top! Key figure, PSC Europe's David Lund then provided more details about the long journey from BroadMap to BroadWay to BroadEUNet - now EUCCS Preparation -; looking ahead to its ambitious goals & even more ambitious timeline! The 4 successful contractors - Leonardo Airbus Public Safety and Security, Frequentis & Teltronic - are now in a race against time to deliver full, cross-system & cross-border operational mobility to multiple EU member states (& eventually the whole of Europe with the rest of the industry). First up was Leonardo's Massimo Lenzi. Together with its MCX subsidiary, Alea S.r.l., Leonardo has signed an agreement to deliver MCX services to #Ireland Department of Public Expenditure and Reform & #Finland Suomen Erillisverkot -konserni. All the contractors will need to provide MCX-MCX interconnection between their 2 countries; then MCX-MCX interconnection with one other contractor & its 2 countries; with full evaluation from end-users before summer 2025 with further phases following until all goals are reached. Next up was Airbus Public Safety & Security's Yves Van Tente. MCX services will be delivered to #France ACMOSS - Agence des communications mobiles opérationnelles de sécurité et de secours & #Greece Center for Security Studies (KEMEA). Frequentis, represented by Ole Haram Olsen, will deliver MCX services to #Netherlands Politie Nederland & #Sweden MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency). Ole wanted to emphasize the continuation of #BroadPortEUConsortium from BroadWay, with its partners, Nemergent Solutions SL CROSSCALL & sub-contractors, Lyfo Zebra Technologies. Teltronic, represented by Raquel Frisa, is the only contractor not to have participated in #BroadWay, so Raquel introduced the Zaragoza, Spain-based manufacturer of #TETRA #LTE #5G #MCX technologies to a wider audience. Teltronic will work together with #Belgium ASTRID & #Italy Ministero dell'Interno. Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz (BRK), represented by Margareta Mihalic Dogan is leading the all-important agency/user-driven Operational Procedures Team (OPT) that will guide the whole #EUCCS programme, making sure it satisfies user requirements. Exciting times for European public safety communications. We'll be following EUCCS very attentively, ready to help out as & when required. Peter Clemons

👏 A highly successful two days at the #PSCE #Winter #Conference in Brussels this week. 👏 We wrapped up Day II with a highlight session focused on EUCCS Preparation - truly a cherry on the top to conclude our event We started off the afternoon of Day II with 🔹 Alice Mazzetto (#DG_HOME, European Commission) setting the scene with an overview of the current political context that is and will continue to support activities of the EUCCS Preparation. 🔹Alice's presentation was followed by an outlook on next year 2025-2026 for the programme, presented by #EUCCSPrep Coordinator David Lund 🔹It was also a pleasure to welcome the four winning contractors from the Call for Tender A shoutout to Yves Van Tente (Airbus), Massimo Lenzi (Leonardo), Ole Haram Olsen (Frequentis), Raquel Frisa (Teltronic) for sharing with us their motivation for joining the #EUCCS family and what we will be expecting in the next busy months of work. 🔹Last but not least, thanks to Margareta Mihalic Dogan for opening the doors to the world of the Operational Team (#OPT), a cornerstone of the cross-border collaborations and operations that are currently being tested and that EUCCS will be able to enable. 🔗EUCCS Prep Website: https://euccs.eu/ #CrossBorder #FR #LEAs #BroadBand #EU #MCX #Interconnectivity #Testbeds #EUCCS European Commission

The second Day of the #PSCE #Winter #Conference kick-started with the FIDAL #PPDR #Workshop. The event was conceived to share some examples of innovations that are currently being explored within FIDAL in the vertical of PPDR. Presenters touched upon key three thematics led by FIDAL Use Cases and followed by examples from the 1st Open Call projects that are currently testing their solutions leveraging on the facilities offered by the FIDAL testbeds. We had the pleasure of hearing on the following topics: 💠 Real-time incident detection - FIDAL Use Case 2 on 'Utilizing 5G Networks to Enhance Operational Efficiency for First Responders' (Giannis Chasiotis, Satways Ltd) - OC1 project #SwarmCatcher (Antonios Lalas & Sarantis Kalafatidis, @ITI) - Oc 1 Project #EFFECT on EFFECTive fire early detection and monitoring system based on in-situ sensors (@Salvatore Marchese, Webgenesys) 💠Situational Awareness - FIDAL Use Case 3 on City security event / situation awareness (@Ronald Legallaism, Airbus) - OC 1 Project #MC_SEAL on Mission Critical SEAL as enabler of AI-based emergency coordination and decision-making (Daniel del Teso González, Nemergent Solutions SL & Albert Algans Nuuk Technologies) - OC1 Project #B5G_MOBITRUST (João Gonçalves, OneSource, Consultoria Informática Lda) 💠Augmented and Extended Reality - FIDAL Use Case 6.2 on Enhancing Law Enforcement Agents Situational Awareness via AR and 5G (Ioannis Routis, Nova ICT) - OC1 project #RescueSync on RescueSync – Beyond 5G Emergency Coordination (@Panagiotis Nastou, Intellia) A thanks to all presenters for sharing the interesting work that they are leading on testing innovations that is leveraging Beyond 5G networks and shedding some lights on challenges, opportunities and expectations from these technologies for the #PPDR field.

✨ FIDAL @ #PSCE #Winter #Conference✨ Our own FIDAL PROJECT Coordinator Ioannis Markopoulos attending yesterday Day I of the Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) Conference in Brussels to share with the almost 100 attendees: 💠 an overview of the current status of the FIDAL Use Cases 💠the plans that are being put in place for the upcoming large-scale testings (#LST) 💠the Fidal #Open #Call 1 status and plans for the Open Call 2 (applications closing: 10th December 2024) 💠a brief snapshot of the #PPDR #Workshop that took place on Day II of the Conference presenting examples of PPDR #Use #Cases and OC1 Projects Delving into the future of #FIDAL, #LST represents a key priority for the project. What are we expecting to see in this second phase of the project❔ 💠Finalization of LST scenarios and respective test cases 💠Definition of specific testing plans 💠Optimization and fine-tuning of employed #Network #Applications 💠Acquisition and #configuration of necessary #equipment / #UEs 💠Finalization of arrangements with potential actual #participants 🔗 Check our website to learn more about the project: https://fidal-he.eu/ Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) European Commission

Thanks to Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) for having me presenting the long journey with cross border communication at the winter conference 2024. Anthony Lamaudière made a good summary with nice pictures, thx!

A highlight of Day 2 morning at Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) Winter Conference #Brussels has been the Industry Committee Workshop led by TCCA-Critical Communications #CCBG Chair & Suomen Erillisverkot -konserni's Tero Pesonen & PSCE President & Frequentis' Charlotte Roesener, focusing on #TCCA's wide range of activities & areas for collaboration between TCCA/PSCE. 2 of Tero's opening slides appear to compare the challenges facing our #publicsafety #missioncritical #criticalcommunications community as we move from #TETRA #P25 narrowband to 3GPP broadband as climbing Everest, although in fact, there's no final "summit" as the journey we are undertaking is one of continuous technology evolution. As a niche player in global #mobile #telecoms, #TCCA must collaborate both internally with competing members, & externally with ETSI, Global Certification Forum (GCF) & of course, PSCE. Long-term collaboration with ETSI & GCF, under the leadership of Harald Ludwig, Asif Hamidullah, Saurav A., Fidel Liberal & others, has produced the ETSI #MCX #Plugtests & now real GCF #certification. Frequentis received the 1st official certificate - based on 3GPP Release 14 #MCPTT - in June 2024, for its MissionX Android SDK Client Platform verified by RISE Research Institutes of Sweden #AstaZero Ericsson AB MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency). No doubt many more certificates & services will follow soon, with certification appearing in tenders. #6G discussions are beginning in earnest within 3GPP. TCCA's 6G position can be summarised by one word: #Trust! Tero also highlighted #spectrum as one of the keys to opening up full, future mission-critical services. Within TCCA CCBG/BIG groups, Nokia's Noel Kirkaldy leads TCCA's spectrum efforts within #CCBG #BIG groups, liaising with International Telecommunication Union, 450 MHz Alliance & many more. Existing 380-400 MHz NATO spectrum needs to be protected into the future, perhaps with civilian/military sharing & 600 MHz could be available in the 2030+ timeframe following future WRCs. Charlotte then looked forward to PSCE events & activities during 2025, which will also include participation & collaboration with TCCA at our community's premium annual global gathering TCCA Critical Communications World #CCW2025, also here in Brussels hosted by ASTRID on June 17-19, 2025. On a personal note, with my long background in critical communications & also representing TCCA members, ENENSYS Technologies & Quixoticity-EU, it's pleasing to see TCCA & PSCE working ever closer together, especially as so many member organisations are actively involved in both. As we come to the end of one year & look forward to 2025, with many common challenges & battles ahead, cooperation & collaboration are essential if we are to achieve our common goals serving the public safety & wider critical communications community. And EUCCS Preparation - previously BroadEUNet - & more - is coming this afternoon! What an event! Peter Clemons

Presented TCCA-Critical Communications Mission Critical Broadband timeline for PPDR sector in Europe at Public Safety Communication Europe (PSCE) event Industry Committee session chaired by Charlotte Roesener - thank you for the discussion.

🧩Stand-alone presentations (Civil protection, and 5G/6G applications) 🧩 🗓️ Yesterday afternoon (chaired by Mario Drobics), high-level speakers presented: 🔸Civil Protection Priorities for the new term of the European Commission (Joanna Serdynska - European Commission)🔸 Joanna is Team Leader Legislation & Governance at DG ECHO for more than 15 years. 🔸Feedback from recent flooding in Germany (Benjamin Taitsch - Deutsches Rotes Kreuz in Bavaria)🔸 Benjamin is the Deputy Chairman of the Bavarian Water Rescue (Wasserwacht Bayern/Bayerisches Rotes Kreuz (BRK)). He shared valuable insights and lessons learned from the devastating flood disaster that hit Bavaria in June 2024. 🔸Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU): The European 6G vision (Pavlos Fournogerakis)🔸 Pavlos Fournogerakis is Deputy Head of Programmes in Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU). His responsibilities include coordination of SNS/Horizon Europe programme implementation and project portfolio, 6G research strategy and work programme definition as well as policy feedback activities in the area of connectivity. From 2012 to 2022 he held various positions in the CONNECT Directorate General of the European Commission and in the Research Executive Agency, where he was involved in the implementation of the 5G Public Private Partnership and cybersecurity programmes, research and policy development in the areas of 5G and future communication networks, IoT and network security. Prior to joining the European Commission, he has occupied several telecom engineering and project management positions in the Greek public sector, industry and academia. He holds a degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a Master of Business Administration, both from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). 🔸Field trials beyond 5G (Ioannis Markopoulos - Nova ICT)🔸 Dr. Ioannis Markopoulos is the Head of EU & International Business in NOVA ICT. He has extensive participation in EU and local R&D projects and commercial projects in 5G private networks and services, dataspaces, security, and large ICT solutions. Dr. Markopoulos has led the 5G-PPP task force on mapping network KPIs and the respective White Paper. He is collaborating with the Association of ICT Companies in Greece, contributing to reports for the forthcoming national ICT strategy. 🔸PARAGON: Cross border emergency planning, crisis coordination and management (@Martijn Mol - Centre de crise National)🔸 Martijn Mol is a young project manager withing the Paragon project. After his Master studies in History and afterwards European Politics, Martijn started his career at the National Crisis Centre. For the next year and a half, he worked with all different emergency and security partners in Belgium in order to optimize the Belgian security platform and make sure its 10.000 users can navigate themselves within the system.