Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- To ensure the safety of heads of states and other participants in the SCO summit in Samarkand, a professional security system was introduced for large-scale events. Previously, Samarkand’s radio network had limited coverage and did not provide communication opportunities for employees of different departments.

The existing local public safety radio network has limited coverage, and employees of various government agencies cannot communicate with each other. This can reduce the effectiveness of their day-to-day operations and emergency response.

The city needed to modernize communications by introducing a professional security system. The new system had to be able to cover the entire city, as well as provide operational and emergency communications to ensure the safety of all participants in the summit.

The modernization of the security system of Samarkand was carried out by a large supplier of communication technologies and solutions - the Chinese company Hytera Communications Corporation Limited - and Uzelektroapparat-Electroshield JSC. Hytera is the communication solution provider for the 2021 SCO Dushanbe Summit, the 2014 Sochi and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the G20 Hangzhou Summit, etc.

For operational and emergency communications, employees of responsible departments received several thousand DMR radio stations, several sets of base stations, several hundred video recorders, as well as a dispatching system and other devices. The new equipment is compatible with existing analog radios, allowing for a seamless transition to the digital standard.

The communication system introduced on the eve of the SCO summit will be used in the future for daily security in the city.