Terrestrial
Trunked Radio (TETRA) is a digital trunked mobile radio standard
developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI). The purpose
of the TETRA standard was to meet the needs of traditional Professional
Mobile Radio (PMR) user organisations such as those listed below.
The air
interfaces, network interfaces as well as the services and facilities
are specified in sufficient detail to enable independent manufacturers
develop infrastructure and radio terminal products that would fully
interoperate with each other. For example, radio terminals from different manufacturers can operate on infrastructures from other manufacturers.
The
ability for full interoperability between different manufacturer's
products is a distinct advantage of open standards developed by ETSI. As
the TETRA standard is supported by several independent manufacturers
this increases competition, provides second source security and allows
a greater choice of terminal products for specific user applications