Norwegian Public Safety Radio
| Nødnett - the Norwegian Public Safety Radio | |
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| Type | Public safety network |
| Location | Norway |
| Terrestrial Trunked Radio | |
| Use | police, health services, fire and rescue services, organisations involved in public safety |
| Owner | Directorate for Emergency Communication (DNK) |
| Operator | Motorola Solutions |
| Established | 2006 |
| Website | www.dinkom.no |
The Norwegian Public Safety Radio (Norwegian: Nødnett) is a public safety network system based on Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA). Nødnett is implemented by the Directorate for Emergency Communication (Norwegian: Direktoratet for nødkommunikasjon). The network is primarily used for internal and interdisiplinary communication by the police, fire departments and health services. Nødnett is also used by several organisations participating in rescue and emergency work. Planning of the network started in 1995 and in 2006 the contract was awarded to Nokia Siemens Networks. As Nokia Siemens Networks was unable to complete the contract, it was passed on to Motorola Solutions in 2012. The critical infrastructure of Nødnett was finished and taken operationally in use in all districts of mainland Norway by December 1, 2015.
The network has replaced nearly 300 local and regional networks which were independent for the fire, police and healthcare agencies. Nødnett allows functionality such as authentication, encryption, higher reliability and additional functionality.
Formerly, Norway had three separate systems for telecommunications within the police, fire departments and paramedics, all based on analog radio. The old system had two main downsides: it was not encrypted, and it prohibited communication between agencies. This was particularly problematic in larger disasters and accidents, and in instances where criminals listened to the police radio during police actions. The Norwegian Data Inspectorate has also instructed the agencies to encrypt their communications for reasons of privacy. This would either have to be done through an expensive upgrade to the existing systems, or through the construction of a new, digital network.
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