GSM-R Solution Deployed in Germany

Tertio's Railway Services Management solution (RSM) developed for Germany's national rail network, Deutsche Bahn's new GSM-R network, has successfully gone-live enabling the German railway network to define and activate its range of GSM-R services. Tertio's solution is supporting the nation-wide rollout of GSM-R, which is now in use on the high speed track Frankfurt-Cologne, with the overall 26,500km network (phase 1) rolling out by the end of 2004.

GSM-R is a new standard for wireless rail telecommunications endorsed by the International Union of Railways (UIC) based on the tried and tested GSM communications standard with railway specific functionality designed to improve the safety and reliability of railway operations. Tertio's RSM implementation for Deutsche Bahn (DB) is playing a significant role in ensuring the GSM-R network is up and running for the majority of the national rail network by the end of next year.

Tertio was selected by Deutsche Bahn due to its extensive proven experience in the GSM sector, in particular its Provident provisioning solution implemented at T-Mobile U.K.

Tertio's CEO, Nigel Clifford said, "It is very rewarding to see RSM up and running. We feel privileged to be a part of the dedicated GSM-R teams at DB and Nortel pioneering the roll-out of a new communication system which is going to make rail travel more reliable and safer for us all".

RSM was developed by Tertio under subcontract from Nortel Networks who are the prime contractor for the supply of the GSM-R network infrastructure, RSM and other operational support systems"

Posted to the site on 15th April 2003