Following a contract award in 2012, PowerTrunk, Inc., the North American subsidiary of Teltronic S.A.U., started supplying and commissioning a 800 MHz TETRA network for NJ TRANSIT’s replacement Bus Radio System through a US-based systems integrator. The network went live in early 2013 with partial coverage in the Newark, New Jersey area and is currently being used in a limited capacity by NJ TRANSIT staff as the system continues to be built-out. This is the first commercial TETRA network in the US to become operational.

The new system includes radio base stations, core infrastructure, and over 4,000 TETRA subscriber radios to support on-board Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) equipment for buses, NJ TRANSIT contract bus operations, light rail trains, and non-revenue fleet vehicles. Four PowerTrunk CeCoCo CAD centers with a total of 27 operator positions and 700 portable radios will be used for management personnel and field staff. The TETRA service also provides data communications support to NJ TRANSIT for an advanced automatic vehicle location (AVL) application supplied by a third party, and for status messaging between light rail trains and the control center.