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Re:Germany's data chief tells ministries WhatsApp is a no-go by ganzuul on Monday May 18, 2020 @07:25AM (#23221018)
TETRA isn't interoperable?
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Re:Germany's data chief tells ministries WhatsApp is a no-go by BjoernKW on Monday May 18, 2020 @08:19AM (#23221395)
Its introduction has been an unmitigated disaster in Germany (as apparently and unfortunately is wont in Germany), see https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOS-Funk#Einf%C3%BChrung_in_De... (German-only, sorry).

It's still not universally implemented and hospitals aren't part of the network either.

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Re:Germany's data chief tells ministries WhatsApp is a no-go by martinald on Monday May 18, 2020 @09:24AM (#23221993)
That's funny. UK is now switching off TETRA to a new ESN network; based on LTE. Quite a few issues with it, so it will be a while yet, but most of the masts are built. It will also allow coverage in rural areas to improve (as operators can share the masts built for the emergency network).
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