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Webinar: MW planning: May 2013


Date: 2 May 2013 Time: 10am GMT Venue: Online Target audience: Customer only In response to demand ATDI are presenting second in the series of webinars on planning microwave networks. This webinar

Webinar: Frequency Planning: May 2013


Date: 23 May 2013 Time: 10am GMT Venue: Online webinar Target audience: radio planners, spectrum managers and regulators This event aims to demonstrate the features and functions of the spectrum

Microwave and Radio Electronics Week 2013: April 2013


Conference & Exhibition:  16-18 April 2013 Venue: Pardubice, Czech Republic Information: http://marew.upce.cz/ This event is produced by Czech and Slovakian technical universities as a platform

Webinars: Managing Neighbours: March 2013


Date: 7 March 2013 Time: 10am GMT Venue: Online Target audience: Customer only Using live demonstrations this webinar will demonstrate how to set up, define and manage  handovers to neighbours.

Webinar: MW link planning: January 2013


This webinar is targetted at ICS telecom/ICS LT and HTZ warfare users who set up and manage microwave links. This event will include mw links for cross-water paths and wind farms. This webinar will

Webinar: Propagation models: November 2012


Date:  6 December 2012 Time: 10am GMT Target audience: By invitation only Method: Online webinar This webinar will cover the various types and uses of propagation models within ICS telecom and

Webinar: Introducing ICS telecom v.11: October 2012


After last years’ success ATDI is repeating this masterclass for all ICS telecom users. This  customer-led event will commence with a demonstration of new and improved features followed by direct access

NATO CAX FORUM - CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION: September 2012


This forum will focus on technical items and operating procedures related to simulation- based exercises and training support, promoting the exchange of information and best practices among the NATO staff

Webinar: Clutter layers: September 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: What data is required

Webinar: Planning and modelling LTE networks: July 2012


This webinar examines how network operators manage their networks through the network life cycle from early planning to interference analysis and optimization. This event will include live demonstrations

Webinar: ATDI software - now with added Bing: July 2012


ATDI radio planning and spectrum management tools are well known for handling various  types of cartographic data. This is now completed with support of latest Bing Maps. Bing Maps (previously Live Search

Webinar: Spectrum Licensing: June 2012


Join ATDI for their latest online webinar on spectrum licensing. This customer-only event   will focus on the application and management of spectrum/block licences. The webinar will include: How to

Will you still love me when I get ode?: May 2012


ATDI is entering into the true spirit of the Olympics. We’re mindful that the early games had two parts in that competitors were judged on both their athletic prowess and their poetry. So, while you

Old uses for modern words – Phase2: May 2012


Upgrade – going to big school for the first time Pixel – one of Bob Geldof’s daughters Byte – what dogs do! KB – a poor counterfeit of a peanut brand MB – nearly an honour from the queen GB

Old uses for modern words:: April 2012


Apple Mac – a waterproof covering to keep your fruit dry Podcast – shelled peas Internet – where Yorkshire fishermen keep their catch Digital switchover – manually changing the channel

The cost of the waves: March 2012


ATDI has been proud to help Britain’s favourite charity cut its costs (and I’m not putting ATDI and RNLI in the same sentence because that just looks like a bad hand at Scrabble). It’s tough running

Blogging marvellous: March 2012


Vibrating Tattoo…I thought at first that that might the name of a dodgy heavy metal band I saw one drunken night at a questionable venue in the 80s. Turns out it’s Nokia’s new patent. The Finnish

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

Electronic Warfare Europe - Exhibition and Conference: February 2012


This event brings together speakers and delegates from the military, politicians, scientists and engineers to discuss the latest developments in EW across land, maritime, air/space and EM environments. ATDI

Boxers, lawyers and fighters: February 2012


Did anybody else think that that brawl between David Haye and Dereck Chisora looked like the physical equivalent of all those big companies currently in court over patent disputes? The two types of clashes

Going green (while we still can): February 2012


Human deaths in the billions, irreversible climate change and the curtailing of the Earth’s ability to support life. Wow, sounds like a poster for a straight-to-DVD science fiction film. I wish it was.

So help me: January 2012


Why are those numbers on which we can contact big companies called helplines? See if this one sounds familiar. You call a corporation’s “support” people with your query and have a profitable chat

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

Welcome Home: January 2012


It’s a new year (yes, we spotted that). Is this your first year of working mainly from home? ATDI has long since embraced this wonderful liberation; when people are freed from daily travel to an office,

Show us your crystal balls: December 2011


If I could see into the future, I’d do the lottery more often. If the journalists on Forbes magazine could see into the future, they’d make enough money so they could stop being journalists on Forbes

Satan's Blog: December 2011


I know we can all regard our mobiles as devilishly frustrating at times (whoever dreamed up the idea of calling them smartphones?) but Bishop Claudio Silvero of the Catholic Church in Paraguay reckons

Christmas Competition : December 2011


ATDI announce Christmas competition winner

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.

Three tablets a day: November 2011


It’s good to see how tablets are helping the elderly improve the quality of their lives.  If you follow ATDI’s Twitter feed – go on, admit it; you know you do – you’ll see the mention we

ATDI helps to set a new global standard: November 2011


A revised recommendation to give guidance to engineers in how to keep aircraft safer  during the planning of radio services is becoming a reality – and ATDI is at the centre of its inception. The

Making the most of newly-free spectrum: November 2011


Perfect planning prevents poor performance, plus produces potential – publicly promoting  potent possibilities. The UK’s biggest holder of spectrum, the Ministry of Defence, is working towards

Introducing Sarah Sasson, ATDI Marketing Manager: November 2011


It’s not just the engineers at ATDI who have a passion for things digital. Marketing manager Sarah Sasson shares the view that there’s a digital dividend to be had. In Sarah’s case, it’s about

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

Webinar Recording: Can LTE co-exist with other services?: October 2011


This webinar illustrates how LTE can coexist with broadcast (DVB-T) and cellular (GSM) channels. Using modelling the demo will illustrate how LTE operators and their adjacent system operators identify

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

Welcome to the ATDI blog: September 2011


Welcome to ATDI’s slightly sleeker website, including a revamped members’ section and this exciting new blog. One definition of blogging I saw was: inconsequential, unspellchecked drivel. This one

Making airports safe for moving planes: September 2011


The shape of air travel is changing, and so is the shape of airports. New building work is taking place at a number of major international air hubs and each structure that goes up or is re-configured

Planning a budget: profits on the radar: September 2011


The challenging economic climate is taking ATDI’s planning expertise into a new area – finance. The company is now intimately involved in the business plan of a number of organisations as developers

Introducing Sarah Byrne, ATDI General Manager: September 2011


To be a General Manager it helps to have an interest in many things, as ATDI’s Sarah Byrne knows all too well. “It’s the variety of work that keeps my job interesting,” Sarah says.  “With

ATDI introduces latest Global Mapper Plug-in: August 2011


This latest release will enable users to import a wide range of readily available imagery, terrain and clutter data into formats suited to ICS Telecom, HTZ Warfare and ICS Basic as well as benefitting

Introducing Paul Grant: August 2011


ATDI lead engineer Paul Grant knows all about being good in the air. As centre-half for Canterbury City reserves, Paul is very experienced in dealing with an aerial problem. While at 35 he acknowledges

Spectrum Refarming Splits The Industry: August 2011


The decision last month by UK spectrum regulator Ofcom to allow radio systems operators to re-sell the resources they own – the so-called re-farming of frequencies– has provoked fears that any re-allocation

Fifteen and Fabulous: August 2011


The only thing that has been smoothing the practice of radio longer than ATDI UK is Terry Wogan. The company has been planning, modelling and consulting for regulators, air traffic controllers, commercial

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 ICS Basic v.10.0.1: May 2011


The software that is defining the airwaves from the arctic circle to the Mediterranean has reached a double-figure milestone. ATDI’s planning and modelling tool ICS Basic is now available in version

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

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