Webinar: Using Clutter Layers in ICS telecom: March 2012
This webinar aims to look at the different uses of clutter layers within ATDI’s software solutions to ensure users get the best results every time. Webinar content will include: • Understanding
Webinar: Modelling reflections: January 2012
Modelling radio networks to identify, reduce and mitigate the effects of harmfulinterference is key to radio planners. As part the ATDI wbinar programme our next event cover modelling reflections and
Webinar programme - 2012: November 2011
Webinars under development. Watch this space! Building on the success of this years' events the ATDI team are working on a webinar programme for next year. Watch this space for events starting
Webinar: Introducing online services: November 2011
In today's internet connected world, few of us expect to sit in front of a desk top application for everything we do. Nowadays we expect to gain access via the internet; radiocommunications is no different.
Webinar: ICS Telecom Masterclass: November 2011
After last years’ success ATDI is repeating this event for ICS Telecom and HTZ Warfare users. This customer-led event will give users direct access to the presenter to raise both FAQs and other technical
Spectrum Management Forum 2011: November 2011
Join ATDI the Spectrum Management Forum at Hotel Concorde La Fayette (Paris, France) from 14-16 November 2011. The conference will focus on spectrum refarming and redeployment. Cyprien
Conforming to GE06 Digital Broadcast Plan: September 2011
Aim of webinar: This webinar aims to illustrate how regulators and spectrum managers can coordinate their digital broadcast systems in line with industry standards. Date: 29 September 2011 Time: 10am
Webinar: Can LTE co-exist with other services?: July 2011
The webinar will include a live demonstration into modelling the effects of LTE on other systems. With potential interferers identified the demo will model typical mitigation techniques to reduce the impact. The
The first fifteen: June 2011
ATDI is 15. To mark its first decade-and-a-half in business, a lunch was held for invited account managers at the Savoy Hotel in London. Those attending came from commerce, the military and governmental
6th European Annual Spectrum Management Event: June 2011
June 2011 Date: 14-15th June 2011 Venue: The Management Centre Europe, Brussels Now in its 6th year, the European Spectrum Management Conference has an established reputation as the major European
ATDI precision helps Norway reap the digital dividend: May 2011
Norway is about to reap the rewards of the digital dividend and ATDI is helping bring in the harvest. The country’s spectrum regulator, NPT, is preparing to auction slots in the 790-862 MHz range
Introducing Nick Kirkman: May 2011
ATDI principal engineer Nick Kirkman is a master of the waves – be they radio or ocean. When Nick is not helping to create and manage radio systems, he can often be found sailing his J80 racing yacht
Bridges to Beehive in one easy move: May 2011
ATDI has been on the go for 15 years and now it’s on the move. At the end of May, the company is uprooting from its base in Three Bridges, Crawley, and relocating to the highly regarded art deco surroundings
ICS Basic v.10.0.0 - What's new & much more: May 2011
Date: Thursday 19 May 2011 Time: 10am GMT Venue: Webinar Audience: Customer only This event will run in conjuction the latest release of ICS Basic and is open to users of both Basic and ICS Telecom.
Introducing HTZ Warfare v.16: April 2011
Date: 5 April 2011 Time: 10am GMT Venue: Webinar Audience: Customer only More information to follow. For more information or to register contact: sarah.sasson@atdi.co.uk
Sweden shapes its future with the help of ATDI: March 2011
Sweden is reaping the rewards of the digital dividend - and those rewards are being passed on to consumers. The latest auction of spectrum in the 800 MHz band earlier this month raised the equivalent
Introducing Peter Paul: March 2011
The buzzing noise heard by drivers on the M4 is just the sound of ATDI’s operations director clearing his head. Peter Paul can often be seen flying his light aircraft along the route of the motorway
Enhanced security for car fleets: March 2011
Car thieves can run but they can no longer hide. From fleet operators to private motorists, car owners are being given a new layer of protection from the angst of finding their parking space unexpectedly
Webinar Programme: March 2011
Forthcoming seminars include: Release of HTZ Warfare - introduction to the latest features and functions of v.16.0.0 Release of ICS Basic v.10.0.0 Details of release dates and webinars to follow
WEBINAR PROGRAMME EXTENDED: March 2011
The company introduced webinars last year and the warm response to the concept has encouraged ATDI to plan an expanded programme for 2010. “People tell us they like the webinars because they are just
MODELLING ANTENNAS & MORE: February 2011
Date: Tuesday 1 February 2011 Time: 10am GMT Method: Webinar Audience: Customer only This webinar will demonstrate the various methods of antenna modelling available within ICS Telecom & HTZ Warfare.
Keeping radio on the rails: January 2011
ATDI’s work in helping to keep rail passengers safe has been noted in the House of Lords. The Lords have been discussing the release of spectrum in the 900 MHz and 1800 MHz bands and have been and
TAKING CARE TO ATTAIN NEUTRALITY: January 2011
Spectrum neutrality is within the grasp of the radiocommunications industry – if the business is careful enough. Regulators are eager to offer spectrum resources on a service- and technology-neutral
WEBINAR: INTERFERENCE CALCULATIONS: December 2010
Mobile communications interference calculations in ICS Telecom and HTZ Warfare. This webinar aims to identify the different types of interference and how to solve. Content will include the types of interference
CHRISTMAS COMPETITION WINNER ANNOUNCED!: December 2010
ATDI are pleased to announce the winner of this years' Christmas competition with the following caption: "If only I had used ICS Telecom, I would have got the coverage I needed!" The lucky winner
JRC rules the waves with ICS Manager: November 2010
Spectrum management is anything but static. The fluidity of the business of administering resources means companies are stepping into new territory as they pick up tasks that were traditionally in the
EXPANDING BORDERS: November 2010
ATDI is enhancing its relationship with its Indian customers through a new office in Mumbai. Headed by new managing partner Chirag Dadia, the office will offer customer support, training and consultancy
GROUNDBREAKING SALES IN SOUTH AMERICA: November 2010
ATDI’s proud tradition of helping regulators manage spectrum resources is being extended in four countries. El Salvador and Ecuador have begun using ATDI’s spectrum management platform, ICS Manager,
RADIO PLANING & MODELLING MOVES TO A NEW LEVEL WITH ICS TELECOM V.9.8: November 2010
ATDI’s ICS Telecom version 9.8 is the latest update to a tool that has been in use across the commercial and governmental sectors for well over a decade. It has been in continuous development throughout
THE HILLS ARE ALIVE TO THE SOUND OF TETRA: October 2010
Motorola is planning a Tetra network in one of Europe’s most mountainous nations and turned to ATDI for the expert planning and modelling advice it needed to make the planned system a reality. The
INTRODUCING ICS TELECOM V.9.8: October 2010
Date: Tuesday 19 October Time: 10am GMT Method: Webinar Audience: Customer Only ATDI are pleased to announce the release of v.9.8. This webinar will include all the latest features and functionality
USING VECTOR LAYERS & FILTERS TO ANAYLSE COVERAGE: September 2010
Date:23 September 2010 Time:10am GMT Method: Webinar Audience:Customer only This webinar will identify how to produce general coverage statistics, the generation of polygons as well as some tricks
ATDI SPECTRUM INNOVATION BRINGS BROADBAND TO TRAINS: September 2010
A nomad will often go where no-one has gone before, and ATDI is helping this one blaze a trail. Nomad Digital provides wireless broadband services to rail passengers by connecting trains to trackside
SAFER SAILING WITH ATDI: September 2010
The UK maritime community will benefit from the replacement of 3 national distress and safety communications services. Leading software solutions provider SunGard Public Sector Limited was awarded the
WEBINAR UPDATE: July 2010
Three ATDI webinars have been scheduled for the autumn. The events will cover the use of vector layers and filters to analyse coverage, modelling antennas using ICS Telecom, and co-existence in the spectrum. The
RE-RUN: BROADCAST SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORKS (SFN) WEBINAR: July 2010
Due to the popularity of this event we are holding another event. Please see details below: Date: Tuesday 13 July Time: 11am BST Method: Webinar Audience: Broadcasters and national regulators This
SWEDISH REGULATOR CHOOSES ATDI FOR SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT: June 2010
The Swedish regulator Post-och Telestyrelsen (PTS) has chosen ATDI Ltd, to define and tabulate the country’s radio resources. ATDI will use its flagship spectrum management tool, ICS Manager, to present
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF WIND FARMS ON RADIO SYSTEMS: June 2010
Due to the success of our previous event we have scheduled a rerun. This event will demonstrate how to calculate the effects of wind farms on radar and other radio systems using live demo. The webinar
BROADCAST SINGLE FREQUENCY NETWORKS (SFN): June 2010
Date: Tuesday 29 June Time: 10 am BST Method: Webinar Audience: Broadcasters and national regulators This webinar will focus on Single Frequency Networks and will examine both analogue and digital
NEW GOVERNMENT, OLD ISSUES FOR RADIOCOMMS: May 2010
The coalition’s first Queen’s Speech on Tuesday built on the previous Labour administration’s passion for wind farms, and did nothing to dispel the radiocommunications sector’s greatest fear about
GREENING THE COUNTRY: WIND FARMS AND WEBINARS: May 2010
Radiocommunications experts from across the civil and military sectors attended an ATDI webinar on the effects of wind farms on radio systems. The webinar used ATDI’s analysis of the impact of proposed
60 SECOND INTERVIEW: May 2010
What do you want to say to the new government? Encourage retail competition in telecoms by regulating to ensure open access on fair and reasonable terms to the fixed and mobile networks for resellers
TAMING EUROPE'S TALLEST TOWER: May 2010
Only in Liverpool are buses going to Speke, but public transport controllers need to be able to talk to them. In London, Transport for London (TfL) needed to ensure that it could remain in radio contact
ON RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS: May 2010
The key to the successful provision of a radio network is meeting customer requirements. But identifying what those requirements are is not a straightforward process - particularly when customers don't
PLANNING NEW FM STATIONS IN CONGESTED BANDS: May 2010
This webinar will use real-life scenario data imported into ICS Telecom with the parameters of a proposed new station input. The station will be assigned an optimal channel with its effect on other co-channel
INTRODUCING GOOGLE EARTH: March 2010
March 2010 This webinar will demonstrate how to import/export into Google Earth from both ICS Telecom and HTZ Warfare, as well as provide an overview of data types including formats such as MapInfo
WHITE PAPER: CREATING CLARITY IN NETWORK REQUIREMENTS: February 2010
The customer is always right. Except when they’re wrong. Or don’t actually know where they stand. The key to the successful provision of a radio network is meeting the requirements of the people
2010: WEBINARS PRGRAMME EXTENDED: January 2010
This year there will be a series of 30-minute webinars which will be free to customers. The events will present a host of different topics including technology developments, ‘how to’ guides for ATDI
2010: THE YEAR OF HARMONY AND FARMING: January 2010
Harmony will be major theme of this year, as regulators seek international coordination in spectrum management. But, the pace of change will not quicken, despite a pan-European political will. Actually,
ATDI OPENS DEBATE ON SPECTRUM SHARING: January 2010
Innovative thinking about how to make maximum use of limited spectrum resources was presented to an ATDI seminar. Company managing director Cyprien de Cosson presented a study paper looking at the coexistence
CREATING CLARITY IN NETWORK REQUIREMENTS: January 2010
The customer is always right. Except when they’re wrong. Or don’t actually know where they stand. The key to the successful provision of a radio network is meeting the requirements of the people
60 SECOND INTERVIEW: January 2010
The government is determined to build wind farms and concerns over the impact of turbines on radar is a secondary – at best – consideration. And that’s according to the government’s own publications
LATEST HTZ WARFARE RELEASE: January 2010
A decade of user feedback has been incorporated into the new version of ATDI’s battlespace planning and modelling tool, HTZ Warfare. The latest version, v.15.6.9, features a new content browser that
WARM THANKS AND BEST WISHES FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON: December 2009
On behalf of ATDI and, most importantly, some of the world's poorest people, thank you. Your support for our donation to Tree Aid (www.treeaid.org.uk) instead of Christmas cards means vulnerable communities
HOMING IN ON THE REAL STATE OF SPECTRUM: December 2009
Radio spectrum resources are like the housing market – and it’s all about location, location, location. Delegates at an ATDI seminar were told that the shortage of spectrum space is less an overall
ATDI & NATO DISCUSS BATTLESPACE SPECTRUM: November 2009
Wars are won in the airwaves and ATDI is at the forefront of NATO’s efforts to safeguard battlespace spectrum. Company representatives attended an exhibition mounted by NATO’s Consultation, Command
THIS AUTUMN'S BIG RELEASE COMING TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU: November 2009
ATDI are pleased to introduce ICS Telecom 9.6.5 For all the latest updates and new features please contact sales@atdi.co.uk Product demos are available via webcast.
TRIGGER LEVELS IN LIBERALISED SPECTRUM GOVERNANCE: November 2009
The radio spectrum is facing the same question as global financial structures: just how much interference should there be in the free market? The key to harmony in international radio spectrum usage
FAIR SHARES COULD BECOME THE LAW: October 2009
Radiocommunications companies are coming to terms with a radical new infrastructure concept – and it is a notion that may be forced upon them whether they like it or not. Infrastructure sharing is
GIANT TURBINES FUEL RADAR FEARS: October 2009
The UK government’s commitment to building the world’s biggest wind farm turbine blades has left the telecoms industry hoping due consideration will be given to their impact on air traffic control
UNCERTAIN FUTURE LOOMS AS OFCOM PICKS EXPERTS: October 2009
UK radio regulator Ofcom is facing an uncertain future. But, while it is waiting for the radical changes that a potential new government is promising, it is surrounding itself with expertise. A general
60 SECOND INTERVIEW: JULIAN MCGOUGAN, ARQIVA: October 2009
Topic: Band Management Broadcast and mobile communications provider Arqiva provides infrastructure and services for terrestrial broadcast, satellite and wireless access across the UK, Europe and US.
ATDI CUSTOMERS HARNESS THE POWER OF THE WEB: October 2009
The increasing demands for speed and accuracy in radio planning and modelling have shaped the success of ATDI’s online services. A range of customers from system integrators to wind farm developers
ATDI INTRODUCES PNC CALC THE COMPACT COMPANION FOR MILITARY MISSION PLANNERS & SPECTRUM MANAGERS: June 2009
The pace of change in military communications has never been greater, particularly focusing on spectrum management in high-intensity hostile areas. PnC Calc enables field-operatives to pass site candidates
ASSESSING THE IMPACT OF WIND FARMS ON RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS: May 2009
ATDI’s leading role in advising radio spectrum users over the impact of wind farms was reinforced with a seminar in the same week as the opening of Europe’s largest onshore facility. ATDI has been
POLICY TRACKER ARTICLE ON PUBLIC SECTOR SPECTRUM: April 2009
We need to rethink our attitude to spectrum pricing, argues ATDI’s Managing Director Cyprien de Cosson. Those users with the greatest claim on the airwaves should have sufficient interference-free spectrum,
PNC CALC: PALM-SIZE PLANNING POWER: March 2009
Military mission planners and spectrum managers have been shown just how much planning power will fit into the palm of their hand. An ATDI seminar has demonstrated the company’s pioneering Profile
ATDI JOINS NORWEGIAN DEFENCE EXERCISE: March 2009
Norway is enhancing its electronic defence capabilities with the help of ATDI. The move represents a further step forward in the company’s relationship with the authorities in the country. ATDI has
ATDI'S WEB DOORWAY FOR RURAL NORWAY: March 2009
Some of Europe’s most remote communities are in the nation’s vast countryside, and their new wireless broadband service is being created by a company whose network analysis is based on the click of
ATDI ADOPTS CHARITY FOR 2009: March 2009
ATDI chooses the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign, as their Charity of the Year. This choice recognises the medical treatment and support provided to ATDI’s lead engineer, Nick Kirkman, during his recent
60-SECOND INTERVIEW : November 2008
What was the single most important thing you learned from this project? Gathering data on this scale is administratively complex. What was the single most important thing the MOD got out of it? A
EXPANDING BORDERS: November 2008
ATDI expands its territories by opening two new branch offices. Latest ATDI recruit, Al Roberts, cements links with the Nordic and Baltic States by opening a Norwegian office. Norwegian-speaker Al
CONTRACTING OUT SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT: November 2008
The Cave report suggested that UK governmental organisations should become more effective in their use of the spectrum. Since optimal effectiveness is associated with the free market, it is no surprise
PHONES TO AFRICA VIA UNUSED SPECTRUM: November 2008
Some of the world’s poorest consumers will get access to mobile phone networks for the first time – if engineers can find a way of fitting a quart into a pint pot. The key issue in developing new
RADIO FEARS GET BACKSEAT IN GREEN ENERGY GROWTH: November 2008
The next crop of wind farms will grow at an unprecedented speed – and will leave a shorter time than ever before to assess their impact on radiocommunications. The British government is clearing the
TAKING THE EDGE OFF THE CREDIT CRUNCH: August 2008
Both financers and engineers have always had decisions to make when designing and deploying a wireless network – especially now that radio spectrum is increasingly controlled by market forces. Financers
ATDI LEADS WIND TURBINE SEMINAR: August 2008
Radio engineers need to keep a close eye on the UK's changing skyline, a seminar heard last week. The rising number of wind farms and their increasing potential to affect air traffic control radars
INSIGHT: April 2008
JFMG is the band manager for programme-making, entertainment and special events and coordinates the use of spectrum and issues licences for applications including wireless microphones, cameras and communications.
THE MIDDLE-AGED SPREAD OF WIRELESS NETWORKS: March 2008
The cartoon strip below shows that, in principle, everyone in the organisation, including the customer, wanted broadly the same thing – something for a child to swing on. Unfortunately their perspectives
PLANNING AT (ALMOST) THE SPEED OF LIGHT: March 2008
A would-be operator needed to know how much spectrum was needed for its nation-wide wireless network business plan and what services the spectrum would accommodate. One Monday in February, operator
USER-FRIENDLY SOFTWARE: March 2008
Engineers agree that the ideal interface is intuitive for the occasional user, but also fast for the frequent user. It provides access to the widest possible range of functionality without having confusing
SUCCESSFUL MODELLING: THE LATEST FASHIONS: March 2008
For ATDI, models are a means by which it saves its customers time, money and resources. ATDI has been involved in numerous mobile and fixed network roll-outs; indeed right now, ATDI engineers are acting
MAKING RADIO SOUND GOOD TO BUSINESS: March 2008
Wireless networks require millions of pounds to create, and organisations financing them need to know what they will get in return. Anybody intending to invest in a future wireless network needs to
WHY CIVILIANS CANNOT BE THE FIRST CASUALTY OF WAR: March 2008
The Cold War has been replaced by conflict hotspots. With it, the old rules of military spectrum management have disappeared for good. Thirty years ago, war conditions would have meant civil users being
EDITORIAL: THE END GAME: March 2008
Market forces are taking control of spectrum access. Economics are gradually replacing command and control in determining who gets resources in Europe. But the journey from the old philosophy to the
WAKING UP TO TO THE NEW RADIO MARKET: March 2008
Europe's radio industry is waking up to the new realities of spectrum management. But, as with many awakenings, it brings with it an alarm - and some people feel it is all just too damn early. The business
PARTNERING FOR SUCCESS: December 2007
ATDI and mpirical are joining forces to provide WiMAX training. A partnership between ATDI and mpirical, a global provider of telecom training, is seeing ATDI provide its flagship planning and modelling
SPECTRUM REGULATION IN EUROPE: December 2007
Europe is beginning to tackle the question with the biggest implications for the business of spectrum access: who runs the spectrum? At present, regulation, control and facilitation are in the hands
TAKING THE RIGHT LINE FOR RAILWAY COMMUNICATION: December 2007
Independent expertise is keeping vital GSM phone systems for railways from going off on the wrong track. The process of creating the communication networks that are essential to rail safety has always
INSIGHT: December 2007
What did you study at University? I studied a BSc in Electrical & Electronic engineering at University of Hertfordshire. A later addition was a Certified Accountancy qualification from the ACCA. Why
BRINGING RATIONALITY TO TETRA: December 2007
The spotlight is back on TETRA as the standard enters its mature phase providing the system of choice for the emergency services and other private users with specific tasks to perform. But, although
WHAT IS IN A MODEL? EUROPE'S SPECTRUM FUTURE IN THE BALANCE: November 2007
Can the free market ever guarantee that radio spectrum users will enjoy the business benefits they seek while not suffering undue interference from others? This is the thorniest question in the industry
ON BATTLESPACE SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT: November 2007
The battlespace is a hostile place - in more ways than one. Increased use of spectrum for civil activities in all countries in support of economic progress means that there is less left for the military.
ATDI RELEASE ICS TELECOM V.8.8.7: October 2007
An 11-year programme of development has resulted in the latest version of Europe's leading radio planning and modelling software. ICS Telecom v.8.8.7, which will be launched to an audience of professionals
ATDI INTRODUCES: ATDI ONLINE ENHANCED - STAGE II: August 2007
The second stage in the evolution of radio planning and modelling tools is complete. Services which have traditionally been delivered through desk top PC applications are now available instantly through
ATDI INTRODUCE: ATDI ONLINE: July 2007
The initial set of services being offered are the beginnings of a much larger project which will eventually see many elements of the trusted products from ATDI Ltd being accessible instantly through the
APPLES AND ORANGES: TECHNIQUES IN COMPARING TECHNOLOGIES: June 2007
To show this method let us look at a recent example. This analysis was undertaken to compare the utility of the new WiMAX technology in military communications. The method involved considering a typical
GOING FORWARD IN NEUTRAL: THE TECHNOLOGY PARADOX: June 2007
Attempts to find this prize have been going on for as long as radio has had a commercial use. First there was harmonisation and with it came a degree of certainty for all network operators. Ofcom (for
MILITARY PERSONNEL DISCUSS THE FUTURE: June 2007
Numerous national defence departments were represented alongside LogicaCMG, General Dynamics, and other military system integrators. Seminar topics covered future battlespace spectrum management, planning
