Contact us to ensure your compliance before the 01 November 2015
Contact us to ensure your compliance before the 01 November 2015 narrowband deadline inquiries@dovecom.co.nz Use Of 25 kHz Analogue Channels Must Cease By 01 November 2015 – Will this affect your business? The New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) has communicated that existing legacy 25 kHz analogue equipment needs to be phased out, and more spectrallyefficient Land Mobile Radio (LMR) technologies introduced, in order to allow for an increasing number of users in highly-congested bands. These MBIE policy changes may affect your current equipment and we recommend reviewing your two-way radios prior to the 01 November 2015 deadline, as you may need to migrate your service to either a 12.5 kHz analogue channel or a 12.5 kHz / 6.25 kHz digital channel. MBIE narrowband deadlines There are two deadlines that current licence holders of 25 kHz analogue LMR channels must be aware of: 01 November 2015: all current licence holders of 25 kHz analogue voice LMR channels, below 470MHz, in the VHF and UHF LMR bands in New Zealand must be narrowband by this date. 31 December 2019: all current licence holders of 25 kHz analogue LMR channels, above 470MHz, in the VHF and UHF LMR bands in New Zealand must be narrowband by this date. How Dove Radio can help As a Tait Authorised Reseller, we want to help ensure that your two-way radio equipment is fully compliant with these upcoming changes. Possible outcomes may be: Do nothing – your radios and/or your network are already narrowband-compliant. Reprogram – your radios and/or your network are narrowband-capable and simply need to be reprogrammed. Upgrade – your radios and/or network are not narrowband-capable and you need to upgrade some two-way radios, or even your entire network. Please contact us so that we can help you to identify if you are impacted by these changes, and if so, help you determine what is the best way forward to ensure that your business, your fleet and/or your network will be fully compliant. Dove Radio Communications T: 07-850-8070 E: inquiries@dovecom.co.nz www.dovecom.co.nz Steps to ensure your narrowbanding compliance: 1. Do a complete audit of your radio assets The first step in considering options is to do a complete audit of your radio assets to determine what existing equipment can continue to be used, and what new equipment may be required in transitioning to a new channel plan. Any transitioning costs should also be estimated to determine whether this is a viable option. (Tip: Use the supplied Radio Equipment Survey Form to help you record what equipment you are using now). 2. Establish a transition plan There are a number of considerations with any transition: How quickly could a changeover happen? Are multiple steps required? What are the limitations of your existing equipment? How critical is it that the system remains operational during the transition? Is there any training required for staff? A range of engineering consultative services are available from Dove Radio to assist clients in auditing existing systems, developing a transition plan and carrying out the required work. We can also assist you to maximise any new investment made by ensuring user adoption, utilisation and proficiency. If reprogramming and/or retuning is all that is required to transition to the new channel plan then Dove Radio can help you get that done in a timely, orderly fashion. Dove Radio Communications T: 07-850-8070 E: inquiries@dovecom.co.nz www.dovecom.co.nz Radio Equipment Survey Form Enter the quantity of radio model(s) in use in the right hand column. Enter your contact details below. Then send the completed form back to Dove. Wideband equipment that cannot be narrowband-compliant Model Product Code Details T2000 mobile (discontinued) T20XX-X1X–XXX 1 = wide band T800 base station (discontinued) T8XX-Y0-ZZZZ 0 = wide band No. of Units in Use Equipment that can achieve narrowband-compliance (The following Tait equipment is either already narrowband-compliant, or is narrowband-capable and simply requires re-programming to achieve compliance:) Model Product Code Details 2 = narrow band (12.5 kHz capable) T2000 mobile (discontinued) T20XX-X2X–XXX T20XX-X3X–XXX T20XX-X4X-XXX No. of Units in Use T800 Series II base station (discontinued) T8XX-Y5-ZZZZ 5 = narrow band (12.5 kHz capable) T5000 Orca portable (discontinued) TOP-a2cde-mn B = 2 for universal band (narrow, medium and wide band programmable) TB/TM/TP7000/8000 series analogue Visit the conventional analogue section of the Tait web site for product information. Yes this series is 12.5 kHz capable. If a model is currently operating on 25 kHz, it will simply need re-programming. TB/TM/TP 9100 and 9400 series P25 trunked / conventional Visit the P25 section of the Tait Yes this series is 12.5 kHz capable. If a model is currently operating on 25 kHz, it web site for product information. will simply need re-programming. TB/TM/TP 9300 series DMR trunked / conventional Visit the DMR section of the Tait Yes this series is 12.5 kHz capable. If a model is currently operating on 25 kHz, it web site for product information. will simply need re-programming. 4 = dual band (12.5 kHz / 25 kHz) Dove Radio Communications T: 07-850-8070 F: 07-850-1183 E: info@dovecom.co.nz Hytera radios are already compliant with the MBIE narrowbanding mandate. Model Product Code ALL MODELS Other radios: Brand Details All Hytera radios sold in NZ are compliant with the MBIE narrowbanding mandate. Model Details No. of Units in Use Enter Your Contact Details Below Company: Contact Person: Phone: Email: Dove Radio Communications T: 07-850-8070 F: 07-850-1183 E: info@dovecom.co.nz
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