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CONNECTING THE CRITICAL

COMMUNICATIONS COMMUNITY

By Nina Myren, TCCA Board member sponsored by DSB –
the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection

Hopefully, some of you will be reading this having attended TCCA’s their critical work. Visiting exhibition stands to see and test the
Critical Communications World (CCW) event held in Madrid – hardware, having one-to-one meetings, attending conference
perhaps some of you are reading it at the event, in which case, sessions – these experiences cannot be 100 per cent replicated
welcome! This is the event that was postponed from 2020, like so remotely.
many others – and we are so delighted and relieved to be able to
host events again where people can meet in person. “We are proud that TCCA is at the
In the face of the pandemic, the proliferation of online events has
proved successful across many sectors – not least our own. The forefront of developments in the
Critical Communications Week online event in November 2020
attracted registrations from a huge number of people that had not critical communications sector,
attended our events before – in fact 90 per cent of the attendees working with key partners such as
had not been to a CCW physical event. That statistic is one of the
reasons why elements of this year’s CCW are available online as 3GPP and ETSI.”
well as in Madrid – we want to continue to create collaboration
opportunities for as many people as possible around the world,
and disseminate information and knowledge as widely as possible. Certainly the networking element of events, while of course
available online, is so valuable: the knowledge exchange that
However, while online collaboration is convenient, there is no takes place; meeting that unexpected person who provides huge
doubting the value and importance of meeting in person. The pace value to your business; the conversations at social events that can
of change, the innovation and the emergence of new solutions in catalyse new initiatives with positive impacts across the sector.
our industry is increasing faster than, arguably, at any other time in
its history. We are proud that TCCA is at the forefront of developments in
the critical communications sector, working with key partners
The development of critical broadband standards and the such as 3GPP and ETSI. TCCA is committed to ensuring that
enhancement of narrowband technologies to support hybrid open standards continue to be the foundation of new advances
networks are crucial to ensuring that end users are supported by as critical broadband and services become realities. 3GPP’s
the best possible technology, products and services. willingness to include users’ critical broadband requirements
To that end, there really is no substitute for events such as in their Releases and their support of our sector has been and
Critical Communications World, where the key manufacturers can continues to be essential to ensure that open standards remain the
showcase their products and services available today and engage bedrock of the critical communications ecosystem.
with users to find out what is needed in the future to support www.critical-communications-world.com

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