RAO Unified Energy System of Russia has completed the first phase of the implementation of an advanced digital communications system and has chosen Sepura TETRA radios.
This prestigious contract was won in conjunction with Infracom, one of Sepura's valued distributors in Russia.
Unified Energy System is the largest power holding in the Russian Federation that generates 69.4% of the general electricity output. The company owns 77% of the distribution network in Russia and its main export activity is towards the former CIS countries and Scandinavia.
UES generates, transmits and distributes electric power and also controls these processes on a day-to-day basis. UES, the principal component of the national power industry, is a complex network of power plants and mains which share the same operating mode and centralised dispatching control.
The radios chosen include Sepura's mobile radio with integrated GPS, the gateway SRG3500 and the hand-held SRH3500 sGPS™ with greyscale screen. The majority of the radios will be used by UES's dispatcher and control centre.
Some terminals will be specifically used on Moscow's TETRA network for data services.
The dedicated software for the dispatcher control system has been developed by TETRASoft, a company of the TETRASvyaz group.
Roman Smirnov, Director of Infracom, said: "The environment in which employees of UES operate can be very challenging and present extreme weather conditions. After exhaustive evaluation tests the RAO UES of Russia chose Sepura radios for their ruggedness and robustness, vital features in such an environment."
"Sepura radios were preferred over the competition also because they offered the widest range of accessories."
Kenneth Hubner, Regional Sales Director for Sepura added: "RAO UES of Russia, jointly with Électricité de France, RWE and E.ON represent a prestigious customer base in the utilities sector for Sepura. This contract is a powerful endorsement of our expertise, experience and knowledge of the complex communications requirements of this sector world-wide."
