The Critical Communications Association (TCCA) is pleased to announce that Massimo Lenzi, Vice-President Offer & Solution Engineering for Leonardo Cyber & Security, has assumed the role of Vice-Chair of its Critical Communications Broadband Group (CCBG).

In welcoming Massimo to the position, CCBG Chair Tero Pesonen said:“I am happy to have such an experienced professional as the vice-chair, and thank Leonardo for enabling Massimo to invest his time for the common good in the critical communications community.”

Massimo takes over from Luz Fernandez del Rosal of Germany’s Bundesanstalt für den Digitalfunk (BDBOS), whose tenure has seen significant progress in the evolution of mission-critical broadband discussions. TCCA and the CCBG extend their thanks to Luz for her leadership and support.

With more than 25 years of experience in mission-critical communications, Massimo brings a strong technical background, deep understanding of user requirements and a clear market vision. He is fully aligned with the CCBG’s mission to foster global broadband standards and solutions tailored for professional mobile devices—ensuring users operating in mission-critical and business-critical environments have broadband access wherever and whenever needed. 

Massimo Said:“I am strongly convinced that only the establishment of an open and competitive environment, through standard solutions, can lead to the success of broadband mission-critical communications. It is an honour and a pleasure to provide a contribution as CCBG vice-chair for the success of the broadband technology and solutions.”

As Vice-Chair, Massimo will support Tero Pesonen in guiding the CCBG’s ongoing activities, which include:

• Driving the development and adoption of global mobile broadband standards and solutions for mission-critical and business-critical users. 

• Overseeing a range of CCBG task forces covering 3GPP implementation, cybersecurity, 5G sidelink, mission-critical broadband device requirements, NTN (non-terrestrial networks), and more. 

• Engaging with industry stakeholders to ensure that professional mobile broadband services meet the same reliability, priority and performance expectations currently delivered by narrow-band voice/data technologies such as TETRA, Tetrapol and P25. 

  
  

TCCA invites its members and the broader mission-critical communications community to collaborate with the CCBG under its enhanced leadership, with a view to shaping the future of broadband services for safety, infrastructure and emergency-response operations globally.