GSM Network Can Come To Victims’ Aid, Thanks To TriaGnoSys

TriaGnoSys has completed a successful trial of its disaster-recovery communications solution, which is designed to establish a GSM communications infrastructure in the first 24 hours following a disaster. One key usage is the electronic location tagging of injured victims and real-time transmission of their electronic medical records. The unique advantage of the TriaGnoSys satellite-based solution is that it is sufficiently small to allow a single person to carry and deploy the equipment to establish a local GSM network. The network, which can be set up in minutes, has a range of 700 meters. Anyone within that area using a GSM compatible electronic device, such as a GSM mobile phone or a BlackBerry, can use it in exactly the same way as if they were in the middle of a city. This new technology makes it possible for the first relief workers arriving at a disaster to set up a sophisticated communications network to co-ordinate the relief effort and medical support. Victims can use it as well, although system priority is given to the relief effort. The GSM solution removes the need for expensive satellite phones, the current available solution, which can only be used by a single person or organization.—Munich, Germany