31 May 2024

TCI will provide additional spectrum monitoring capabilities to Egypt’s National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) under a new contract secured in partnership with EGPowers.

A mesh monitoring network formed by 20 differently configured TCI Model 709 compact spectrum monitoring systems (SMS) will be deployed to strengthen the NTRA’s ability to manage and optimize its telecommunications services. These capabilities will be especially critical as the NTRA has recently licensed Egypt’s first 5G network.

Most of the 709 systems will be fixed across 16 sites. Four will be fully transportable or vehicle-mounted, which increases the network’s flexibility. Such mobile systems allow spectrum monitoring in rural areas where fixed systems are not feasible or in urban settings where they can locate an interfering or illegal transmitter.

The 709 provides high system sensitivity, low phase noise and high dynamic range to maximise system coverage and ITU measurement capabilities. This results in fewer systems required for monitoring and geolocation across large areas.

TCI and EGPowers partnered in 2015 to deliver a mobile monitoring and direction-finding system to NTRA covering the 20MHz to 8GHz bandwidth, with an additional frequency extension up to 40GHz. With the new NTRA contract win, EGPowers will be responsible for the installation, set-up, and ongoing support of the network of TCI spectrum monitoring sensors.