As with all major public events, security will be a top priority. Radio communication services will be provided by licensed operator MS-SPETSTELECOM (MSS), as a TETRA operator with appropriate frequency allocations in the region. MSS chose DAMM’s TetraFlex solution, which met the requirements of the necessary combination of power, scalability, reliability and ease of deployment.

The government of Tatarstan is connecting close to 3,000 radios to the system, used for public security users responsible for safety during the University Olympics. Also MSS is providing services to 2,500 subscribers of the executive directorate of the XXVII Summer Universiade in Kazan.

The TETRA system is integrated into the 1-1-2 emergency response center for management and for providing location data of subscribers to dispatchers.

At installed capacity, the network for the Kazan games has 16 outdoor base stations installed at the best locations to provide full coverage at all areas of the city and sports venues, 200 user groups and more than 5,000 subscribers. With the network’s fully IP-based infrastructure, scaling the system to accommodate additional groups or subscribers can be achieved in minutes.

The system is designed to store all kinds of voice traffic for additional security and future analysis in the event of an incident. There are also a number of Russian-language dispatchers that will be used for dynamic group assignment and geographical location of public-safety subscribers. After the games have finished, MSS intends to keep the DAMM system in operation for the use of the Kazan city’s emergency and fast-response services.