ATDI is helping extend the net in the North Sea: May 2012
The company is working to create a wireless broadband connection for support vessels servicing the oil and gas industry in the North Sea. Broadband will mean that vital telemetry and telecommand can
BRINGING PRECISION TO WIND FARM MODELLING: May 2012
The problem with wind farms is that they produce a lot of hot air. There remains no consensus on how close a turbine can be to a base station before it becomes a potential concern and there continues
Blast from the past: John Berry: May 2012
Swapping radio waves for people is not as big a step as it may sound. “They both behave with a certain probability,” says former ATDI managing director John Berry, “You can test both of them and
Register for our newsletter eContact today!: March 2012
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Filtering out interference: March 2012
A solution advocated by ATDI to prevent interference on continental Europe is now being replicated in the UK. The winner of a British spectrum auction later in the year will need to install filters
Making the waves safer: March 2012
ATDI is helping the UK’s favourite charity cut costs and save lives. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) relies on effective radio communications to enable its volunteer crews to carry
Shaping the spectrum: building objective modelling for effective decision making: February 2012
Scarce spectrum resources are precipitating an argument over what size a block offrequencies must be in order to be viable. Regulators across the world are wrestling with this problem as they oversee
Introducing Jodie Forrest, ATDI Office & Marketing Assistant: January 2012
ATDI office and marketing assistant Jodie Forrest gets her kicks in a variety of ways – and not just from tae kwon do. Though she is adept at the Korean martial art – and can break a board of wood
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
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
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
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
