Mladen Vratonjic, Board Chair, TCCA - About TCCA

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About TCCA
Mladen Vratonjić
Chairman of the Board

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Mission
Critical
CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS
Secure radio communications, vital for performing certain
tasks, functioning of an agency or for completing a mission.
Business
Critical
OPEN STANDARDS are standards made available to the general public and are developed (or approved) and
maintained via a collaborative and consensus driven process. "Open Standards" facilitate interoperability and
data exchange among different products or services and are intended for widespread adoption.
CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS HAVE CROSSED THE ROAD FROM DEDICATED TO MAINSTREAM STANDARDS
Analogue Digital Voice only
Voice +
data
Narrow-
band
Broad-band
Data only
Three ‘Rs’ of the greatest importance for any critical telecommunications network are: RESILIENCE, RELIABILITY
and RECOVERY and these are achieved through some more ‘Rs’ - REDUNDANCY and ROBUSTNESS.
Wide-band

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Catalysing competitive
multivendor markets
worldwide through open
standards and
harmonised spectrum.
Members are end users,
operators, industry and
other stakeholders
globally sharing
knowledge and
experience.
Collaborative working
across the critical
communications
ecosystem to develop
and drive the most
effective solutions for all.
Empowering users of critical communications for a safer global society
We support open and
standardised mobile
critical communications
technologies and
complementary
applications.

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How we work
We inform, advise and
have a strong influence
on the direction of the
critical communications
sector.
We facilitate the
maintenance,
development and
enhancement of the ETSI
TETRA standard, and
manage the
interoperability process.
We organise world class
events and conferences
where all stakeholders
meet, learn and
exchange opinions.
As 3GPP Market
Representation Partner,
drives the evolution of
4G/5G standards towards
providing truly critical
communications grade
bearer networks.

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Privileged access to
knowledge, expertise
and information
Opportunity to
participate in and
influence TCCA’s
work, and contribute
to publications and
reports
Access and discounts
for TCCA events such
as Critical
Communications
World series
Web, social media
and print channels
for updates,
promotion etc.
Benefits of membership