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Radiocoms awarded MoD PMR Service contract

  • Contract covers managed services including dedicated engineering, product technology updates and consultancy.
  • Award confirms Radiocoms expertise in defence sector.

Radiocoms Systems Limited (Radiocoms) has signed a five year contract with the Ministry of Defence. The award, won through a competitive tender, signifies another significant increase in business for Radiocoms.

The contract focuses on modernising both radio hardware and infrastructure for the MoD. Working with Strategic Radio services, part of the Strategic Systems team within Defence Digital Radiocoms dedicated team will apply their operational and technical understanding to provide:

  • Independent, requirement analysis and management
  • Acceptance planning, product deployment and training
  • An effective and Value For Money route to procurement

 Mark Blythe, Managing Director, “We are delighted to have been selected to work with the MoD on this contract. Radiocoms has an experienced team which understand the complex requirements of the many different MoD requirements. Having worked with the MoD for over fifteen years, we look forward to developing this relationship even further in the coming years.”

Paul Jenkins, MoD Senior Account Manager, “As proud supporters of the British Armed Forces this contract award marks a significant step up for Radiocoms in its support services and delivery to the MoD. A key aspect of this service requirement was to remain technology neutral, and this is something that we pride ourselves on.”

Radio Team Lead, MoD, “Radiocoms have supported Defence on a number of overseas deployed capabilities and have built a strong reputation for delivering a technology neutral (full market) and  well supported PMR product base, so I look forward to the team now having the opportunity to support the wider defence requirement both in the UK and overseas.”

 

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SCF releases high-level design of Hosted RAN – a global framework for neutral host and private networks

Hosted RAN will enable new entrants to deploy coverage and capacity at pace, and will support tenants including MNOs, private networks, MVNOs and enterprises both indoor and outdoor

29 June 2022, UK – Small Cell Forum, the global membership organization committed to supporting agile, low-cost mobile infrastructure through small cells, today released part two in its Neutral Host Requirements series of documents, which details the proposed global Hosted RAN framework for neutral host and private networks.

SCF245 Neutral Host Requirements Part 2: Hosted RAN high-level design is the result of collaboration over the past year between SCF member companies: BT, Cellnex, CommScope, Crown Castle, Dense Air, Freshwave and Reliance Jio.

The document aims to globalize and build on the ground-breaking work initiated by the UK’s MNOs’ with the Joint Operator Technical Specification for Neutral Host In-Building (JOTS NHIB), which sets out technical requirements for shared in-building solutions using small-cell base stations.

SCF’s 245 goes further, making Hosted RAN applicable for a range of tenants not just Mobile Network Operators, but also private network operators, MVNOs and enterprises.

SCF co-work item lead Mike Ferris, Chief Network Architect, Dense Air, said: “Hosted RANs can complement mobile network operators’ national macro networks, allowing new deployers such as neutral hosts to deploy in places that would otherwise not be viable, such as small-to-medium enterprises, rural areas, and industrial settings that need custom connectivity for IoT and critical communications. Hosted RANs are also an opportunity for mobile network operators to outsource RAN deployment and management.”

SCF co-work item lead George Aguilera, Technology Strategy, Crown Castle, added: “Hosted RANs are already available in some developed markets, like JOTS NHIB in the UK and CBRS-enabled private networks in the US. The purpose of our work in SCF245 was to capture the best practice design established in these rollouts and to make them available in other regions for 5G and outdoor hosting scenarios too.”

SCF245 considers Hosted RAN from the perspective of multiple stakeholders – tenants, neutral hosts, venues and suppliers and explores multiple design aspects, all of which are crucial for success including:

  • Management, OSS and security
  • Spectrum requirements
  • Hosting of compute and PNFs to support MNOs VNFs
  • Radio and antenna capabilities
  • Transport networks
  • Synchronization
  • Resilience
  • Capacity provisioning

Future work on the Hosted RAN framework and neutral host requirements has been identified within the document, including openness, network slicing, KPI sharing, reporting and analysis, blockchain and content security, quantum computing and migration scenarios. But first the working group will turn its attention to elaborating a global neutral host business model structural framework, to inspire new markets to adopt a positive and collaborative approach to neutral hosting.

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RECOM Solutions on the Rise with new framework appointment

Construction project management consultancy RECOM Solutions is celebrating a major boost with its latest framework appointment.

RECOM has been appointed following a tendering process to a £600m framework for ethical regeneration schemes across northern England and North Wales.

It is the latest to be launched by Liverpool-based framework operator Rise. RECOM has won places for general construction, refurbishment, safety and compliance and project management work.

Users of the new framework will include NHS Foundation Trusts and clinical commissioning groups, schools, academies and universities, social housing providers, local authorities, community-led housing organisations, charities, emergency services and third sector groups across the north west and North Wales, Yorkshire and Humber and Lincolnshire.

Rise is a pro-social business procurement group which provides agency services to construction frameworks, and supports communities by investing profits into local initiatives.

RECOM director Jason McKnight said: “Securing places on the new Rise framework is a tremendous endorsement of the quality and range of work that we currently undertake, and presents a fantastic opportunity for the company.

“It’s a very prestigious and significant initiative for our client base, as well as ourselves.

“Rise is very focused on social value, which chimes with our own ethos as a company. We are involved with a number of local organisations as a way of giving back to the community, including The Broughton Trust to offer employment opportunities to disadvantaged young people, and Salford Lads Club, where our head of operations James Holmes is on the board of trustees.”

RECOM, which has 30 staff, recently moved to new headquarters on the Waters Edge Business Park at Salford Quays.

The company, which was founded by Joseph Dillon and Jason, undertakes construction project management and main contracting work across sectors including healthcare, education, retail and leisure, commercial and residential.

It also provides consultancy services to assist in the delivery of projects, such as design, risk, quality, health and safety and sustainability alongside passive fire protection and cladding.

Clients of the company include Barry’s Bootcamp, Pot Kettle Black, Urban Village Bars, WUKPG, Arrowsmith Investments, The Derwent Group, Fletcher Bond, the University of Manchester and the NHS.

RECOM already has places on frameworks with the University of Manchester, NHS Shared Business Services and Fusion21.

RECOM’s roles on these frameworks involve project management, passive fire protection, facilities management, main contracting and building safety and compliance work.