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February 3, 2023 | Telecoms

Private finance to fund Network Rail telecoms upgrade

New fibre optic network and masts to support 5G and FRMCS.

January 10, 2023 | Signalling

Kontron to supply GSM-R for Egyptian high-speed network

Turnkey radio communications contract for 2000km network.

September 7, 2022 | Europe

Rethinking the European railway

Carlo Borghini, executive director of Europe’s Rail, explains the importance of the System Pillar to the new research initiative’s overall success to Kevin Smith.

April 5, 2022 | Telecoms

Digital Rail Germany partners reach FRMCS test milestone

The partners successfully completed a Mission-Critical Push-to-Talk call over a newly built 5G stand-alone cellular network.

January 31, 2022 | Telecoms

DB to introduce IP-based telecoms network

DB signs six-year framework contract with Kontron for the rollout, which lays the foundation for a future upgrade to FRMCS.

December 8, 2021 | Policy

UIC and ERA agree coordination framework

New agreement seeks to strengthen relationship for technical coordination between organisations.

September 13, 2021 | Technology

Showcase: Providing FRMCS communication over conventional networks

Based on the UIC’s Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS) standard, the Kontron Transportation MCx solution is well positioned to replace legacy analogue radio communication networks with the latest train radio functionalities, without the need to deploy and invest in its own standalone telecommunications infrastructure.

April 28, 2021 | Signalling

Thales awarded Finnish ETCS Level 2 contract

The system will be designed to be upgraded to FRMCS.

April 6, 2021 | Europe

All aboard for Europe’s Rail

A proposal to establish Europe’s Rail as the successor to the Shift2Rail research programme was confirmed in February. Shift2Rail executive director, Carlo Borghini, reveals what Europe’s Rail will entail and his hopes and expectations for the new €1.2bn programme to Kevin Smith.

March 22, 2021 | Signalling

Unlocking network capacity

Signalling technology has gone through various revolutions in the past 60 years as railways have pursued increases in performance and capacity. Kevin Smith charts the key milestones and looks at continuing efforts to transfer metro automation to the mainline.

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