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Some interesting suggestions. I agree that something is not typical at all here. Whatever it is, the Sepura board must be at least aware. But I don't believe they are deliberately trying to sabotage the deal, they simply cannot beckon such action from the public interest bodies in UK and Germany. It is more the timings of the reviews which is suspect rather than the fact that they are taking place. Either the Brits and Germans are acting antagonistically, or in concert with each other. Considering tensions with Brexit and competing interests, my guess is the former. If there was a genuine public interest basis of concern, they would not be using delaying tactics to try to sink the deal but on the contrary moving ahead sooner rather than later. If the company were so important to national interests, the UK government would not be setting it to sink by their own volition one way or the other. I think they were at first simply cautiously waiting for the outcome from the Germans, who now have been prompted to reciprocate. This is all speculative, next week may hopefully shed some more light
don't see how it is important to UK national interests, since the Airwave network is due to be phased out . This is really just a legacy issue . The Germans are still placing big orders for Tetra radios so the public interest is bigger issue with them. It looks like countries in Europe are going to keep their networks for longer If Sepura folds, then Motorola will benefit, both in the UK and Germany
i don't thing airwave is going to be replaced anytime soon.... for just building a replacement i guess they will need at least 2-3 years... and starting building the new network has already being delayed and postponed etc etc... the problem for airwave is with vodafone, that provides the backbone network for the base stations (motorola ones)... but i believe they will short it out someway otherwise i see police talking with smoke signs!... anyway even if they start building today and lets say everything will be ready in 2 years...and consider, testing, migration, etc etc... until all agencies migrate to new network (if they will ever do), sepura radios will be needed for at least an other good 5-6 years ..AT least... but to be honest... i dont think that uk gov is worried about security ..because sepura is only selling radios for uk.. and you need the infrastructure to have a proper interception / security threat... so i dont really understand what the security reasons are all about..... and that's why i get all suspicious that gov and sepura are aligned for the delays etc etc.. anyway will see... but i don't think we are anyhow near the end of the saga... or maybe i just miss judging because deep inside me i don't want the takeover to happen and see sepura turn around on their own...
public security is a manufactured issue to be polite. You can live stream the NYPD and the FDNY. In fact that's keeping the public agencies accountable and open. Why is it necessary to encrypt tram drivers communicating with their bases and heavy breathing cops chasing suspected perps?
Seriously? You think this is about eavesdropping? No, it's about a company outside the UK (in china) having the capability to *shut down* critical communications infrastructure - or otherwise adversely affect it. Why would this be about some halfwitted version of Smiley's freaking people?
So you think some enemy agent is going to shutdown the Airwave network when there is a crisis? :lol:. Airwave is currently owned by Motorola. Its ownership has passed through various hands, the UK government never particularly cared who owned it. See this guys lament about it never being taken seriously. And its scheduled to be shutdown in year or two. it might not but that's another issue altogether http://www.tetra-applications.com/30060/weblog/the-end-of-airwave-and-the-truth-about-tetra-and-lte-for-uk-emergency-services-act-2 what constitutes a "national security" issue is often based on cultural factors. The UK and European saw fit to encrypt the communications of emergency responders . The US appears to have taken a more relaxed attitude
on an academic note: .... However if the UK does move to 4G emergency response network, it definitely needs to be encrypted, because the data transfer will be huge. It will no longer be about voice communications with some minor data transfer
I think the idea is that it runs on existing LTE network with traffic prioritisation in an emergency…