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Update for 3 SDO Workshop

26th August 2014

Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme

OFFICIAL

Programme update

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Milestone Date

Outline Business Case approval April 2014

OJEU and PQQ issued April 2014

ITT issued Summer 2014

Tender return Autumn 2014

Tender evaluation, negotiation and post BAFO evaluation

Winter 2015 to Spring 2015

Full Business Case approval Summer 2015

Contract award Summer 2015

Mobilisation Summer 2015 to Late 2016

Transition starts Early 2017

• Meeting Requirements - Better– Voice and data services with appropriate

levels of security and availability

• Improved Flexibility - Smarter – Users are able to select and pay for only

those features that are required to deliver their services effectively

• More Affordable - Cheaper – Based on publicly available commercial

mobile communications network

– Contracts that can be re-competed more regularly to exploit market forces and take advantage of technological evolution

Programme objectives

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• To gain access to the widest possible market for equipment, particularly devices

• To allow innovation and access to rapidly evolving COTS technologies

• To ensure that the Emergency Services can evolve their working practices in line with consumers and other sectors

• To reduce costs and allow regular re-competition of the service

Why is ESMCP taking a standards based approach?

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• The contracts for the existing TETRA service start to expire from Q4 2016 and transition is expected to take around 2.5 years

• Contract extensions would cost many millions of pounds and extensions beyond 2020 would breach EU procurement law

• Users need more up to date mobile communications and are already using mobile broadband services, but without the required coverage and availability

Why are we going to market before the standards are ready?

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• Global standards to ensure the widest market and equipment ecosystem

• Timely delivery and early visibility of the direction of the standards so suppliers can start developing kit

• Robust standardisation process to ensure multi-vendor interoperability between all solution elements

• Standards that maximise the benefits from the underlying technology

What do we need from the standards?

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• Rapidly agree where and how MCPTT and other public safety features will be standardised

• Ensure that solutions build on existing standards and work already in progress where appropriate

• Ensure widespread industry buy-in for the approach and maximise industry participation, not just traditional public safety suppliers

• Ensure that public safety stays in the mainstream and doesn’t become isolated from developments in the consumer markets

How can industry and standards bodies help us achieve our objectives?

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• Ensure that the standards bodies are open to full participation by representatives of public safety users

• Manage IPR issues effectively• Where possible optimise factors such as:

– Participation costs

– Travelling times

– SDO memberships required, etc

How can industry and standards bodies help us achieve our objectives? (continued)

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