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Free of charge clutter now available in ICS tools

In: Bez kategorii 27 mar 2013 Tagi:Kartografii cyfrowej

Are you looking for an easy to get and free of charge clutter? ICS telecom/ICS designer/ICS LT make it possible in one click!

It is now possible to generate the ground occupancy layer in any ICS tool from Corine Land Cover and Open Street Map sources, regardless of resolution and cartographic projection of your project. You just have to download free Corine Land Cover and Open Street Map data directly from CLC and OSM import interface in ICS tool. This will allow to obtain quickly and easily a 16 classes clutter file for Europe and a 8 classes worldwide one compatible with your DTM in ICS software.

The Corine Land Cover Data (CLC) cover whole Europe and Turkey.
The Open Street Map (OSM) data cover the whole world.

ATDI to deliver spectrum management solutions for World Games

In: Bez kategorii 18 mar 2013 Tagi:ICS manager, Zarządzanie widmem

ATDI, Inc. along with a consortium led by its Brazilian partner, ISOFREQ Telecomunicações e Sistemas LTDA (ISOFREQ), have successfully completed the initial delivery of contracts valued at USD $12 million to Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (ANATEL), the national spectrum authority of Brazil. ATDI, Inc. and ISOFREQ are in the process of implementing a next generation spectrum management solution for ANATEL, in anticipation of the upcoming world games. The contractual requirements include the distribution of commercial software components from ATDI’s ICS software product line, in-country training, as well as a customized implementation of ATDI’s innovative web based spectrum management solution, Spectrum-E.

“ANATEL is looking forward to the relationship with ATDI for the delivery of tools to help make our spectrum management needs in Brazil more efficient,” said Yroá Robledo Ferreira, Spectrum Engineer Specialist for ANATEL. “Additionally, the ATDI representatives make themselves very available to take care of any questions our team may have during the entire delivery and implementation process.”

“We are very excited to contribute to the preparation and success of these world-class events,” said Pierre Missud, CEO of ATDI Inc. “ANATEL’s vision and tech-savvy environment is the perfect place to innovate and create enduring systems for the next decade.”

As Brazil will host the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2013, FIFA World Cup™ in 2014, and Rio 2016™ Olympic and Paralympic Games, ANATEL identified the requirement to upgrade its current spectrum management system in order to support the increased demand for spectrum during these events and to increase their services to Brazilian subscribers.

Thousands of additional frequencies are required to ensure proper wireless service operations, such as broadcasting and public safety. This challenge requires the leveraging of all the available technological advances in frequency management, propagation and interference engineering, business process optimization, mobile, and online capability deployment. The fixed contract delivery timeline, limited testing, and quick ramp-up add to the challenge.

“This is a very innovative project and during the upcoming years we will remain focused on executing the contract in accordance with ANATEL’s specifications,” said Alexandre Souza, Technical Director of ISOFREQ. “We are happy to have the opportunity to work together with ANATEL and ATDI’s professional teams to ensure that the project goals are successfully met.”

The new optimizations will be tested in late April 2013 in anticipation of the Confederations Cup.

Iceland’s spectrum regulator acquires ICS telecom

In: Artykuły, Oferta 18 mar 2013 Tagi:ICS telecom

Iceland’s spectrum regulator, PFS, has bought ATDI’s flagship planning and modelling tool ICS telecom to help it manage and exploit the country’s spectrum resources.

Iceland, with a population of just 322,000, is slowly recovering from 2008’s banking and financial crisis. Now bolstered by increasingly positive economic news and a higher status from ratings agencies such as Fitch, the island nation is growing in confidence once more.

“PFS’s purchase of ICS telecom is definitely with one eye on the future,” notes ATDI Ltd access networks lead engineer Paul Grant. “ICS telecom is the perfect tool for both seeing what you have and what you can do with it so, clearly, the management at PFS is looking at what new services are feasible as economic confidence grows – while also bearing in mind Iceland’s unique geography.”

The country’s population is concentrated in the capital city, Reykjavík, which is home to 120,000 people. The other 202,000 are scattered at a density of three per square kilometre; the equivalent figure for England is 407.

“Europe’s most active volcano, spewing clouds of dust and potentially affecting telecommunication and broadcast networks, is only one of PFS’s many challenges. The UK is only too aware of the effects of recent eruptions but a lesser known fact is the effect of volcanic ash on signal attenuation and reduced signal strength. Modelling real-life scenarios with ICS telecom enables the regulator to understand the impact of such an occurrence and provide mitigation solutions.”

“Saying that, statistics gathered from recent eruptions show that the largest disruption comes from overloading due to high user demand,” Paul comments. “Being able to manage increased network traffic during emergencies is an integral feature ICS telecom and one used by many blue-light service networks globally.”