Riedel will guarantee communications at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

Riedel has designed a radio communications solution for use in Glasgow at both the fourteen venues where the athletes will stay and the seventeen venues where the competitions will take place.

Riedel Communications will supply all radio communications equipment and services for the 2014 Commonwealth Games taking place in Glasgow, Scotland from 23 July to 3 August.

Brian Nourse, Chief Information Officer at Glasgow 2014, acknowledges that "the ability to communicate effectively at Games venues and throughout Glasgow and other parts of Scotland is an essential element to the success of the Commonwealth Games. We have benefited from Riedel's extensive experience of having participated in many world-class sporting events to ensure we have a robust communications solution at Glasgow 2014."

Riedel has designed a radio communications solution for use in Glasgow at both the fourteen venues where the athletes will stay and the seventeen venues where the competitions will take place.

A total of 6,000 radio sets will be used during the Games, along with a TETRA digital backbone network and a Motorola MOTOTRBO digital radio repeater system.

TETRA combines the advantages of analog trunk radio with those of digital mobile radio to provide optimal frequency utilization, high quality of voice and data transmission, maximum security against eavesdropping, as well as flexible networking and connection management. Beyond that, the digital trunked radio system allows for full-duplex communication, GPS positioning, and connection to the public telephone network. The system offers the option to operate different virtual channels, and IP connectivity can be leveraged to support larger areas.

With this communications infrastructure, Riedel will guarantee outdoor street-level coverage at all official venues throughout the city of Glasgow, as well as the routes along which cycling and marathon events will take place. In addition, there will be coverage inside the headquarters. Riedel is also supplying communication systems for the torch route to Scotland.

Christian Bockskopf, marketing director at Riedel Communications, said: “We are delighted to be a radio communications partner for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. We have worked closely with the organizers to develop a radio communications solution that meets the technical and operational requirements of all key players during this internationally renowned event.”