Kontron Transportation has received an order to supply an innovative, MCx-based complete train radio solution from two other regional railway companies in Germany: Schieneninfrastruktur Ost-Niedersachsen GmbH (SinON) and Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH (evb).

The Kontron MCx solution offers a complete service for secondary lines and uses existing LTE/5G broadband mobile radio networks “over the top”. This enables secondary lines to have future-proof, modern train radio without costly infrastructure investments. With this solution, Kontron Transportation is further expanding its customer base in the secondary line sector.

The Kontron MCx solution offers a modern train radio solution in an operating model optimized for secondary lines. This already enables the use of future-oriented functions of the FRMCS (Future Railway Mobile Communication System) train radio, which go far beyond the possibilities of classic analog radio and GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communication-Railways). These include extended voice and data communication services that offer significantly greater flexibility, safety and efficiency in rail operations. Kontron is thus entering into a close partnership with non-federally owned railways (secondary railways) and providing them with long-term support in solution operation.

The central functions of this solution include push-to-talk (PTT) and full-duplex individual calls, group calls, emergency calls, voice prioritization, status displays, geo-referencing, status messages, dynamic train numbers and many other operationally relevant services, which have already proven themselves in practical use on secondary lines for several years. In addition, the Kontron MCx solution takes into account the requirements of the state railway supervisory authorities (LEA). As part of the deployment planning, Kontron works with the railway operator to comprehensively check the public mobile radio networks for network coverage and quality as a criterion for reliable and high-performance radio communication.

Kontron offers its MCx solution for secondary lines as a SaaS solution. This is an innovative complete solution based on MCx technology as a hosted service in a German data center. Thanks to the cloud-based operating model, railway operators can benefit from the advantages of the modern MCx train radio solution - without having to invest in their own complex infrastructure and its maintenance.