Hytera Serves Altech Fleetcall from Analog to Digital

Altech Fleetcall, a division of Altech Radio Holdings (ARH) and part of the Altron TMT Group, the largest privately-owned converged solution provider in Africa, recently awarded Hytera to upgrade its radio trunking network from analogue to a Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) network.

Altech Fleetcall operates with a national radio trunking communication network. The network was established, expanded and maintained with in-house expertise over the last 20 years. It was one of the largest operational MPT1327 network in the world. Altech Fleetcall counts several blue-chip companies among its customers.

According to Brett Nash, Managing Director of Altech Radio Holdings, Fleetcall's vision is to be the connectivity provider of choice for its customers.

“For this reason, the time had come for us to invest in an upgrade of our network. We explored a number of options to upgrade the predominantly analogue network to a digital one to provide our existing and potential customers with the tremendous benefits of digital radio technology.”

These benefits include higher data speed, GPS tracking, accelerometer applications, flexible dispatching, multi-level monitoring, larger subscriber capacity and crystal-clear voice quality.

Following a three-year planning and market investigation process, Altech Fleetcall chose the Hytera Digital Mobile Radio system, a highly advanced ETSI standard trunking solution, to replace its existing analogue trunking system. Hytera's expertise ensured that the system and terminals could be customized according to Altech Fleetcall's specific frequency and feature requirements.

Altech Fleetcall's network migration to DMR was regarded as strengthening the companies' mutually beneficial relationship. On one hand, it is a way to create greater awareness of Altech Fleetcall's current operation; on the other, the new network will attract new subscribers and, in some cases, even encourage companies to build their own DMR-based solutions. Either way, network-type business will become increasingly important in future.