Cassidian’s high-security communication technology helped the on-site forces to maintain security arrangements at the recent G20 summit held in Cannes, France. Tailored Tetrapol secure radio network technology by Cassidian was installed in the fixed or mobile networks of police, gendarmerie, armed and civil security forces.

Besides the nationwide shared transmission infrastructure Infrastructure Nationale Partageable des Transmissions (INPT) used by the French police and firefighters and the RUBIS network of the French gendarmerie, a tactical network called Topaze (PNT), based on a Milicor system by Cassidian, was also deployed at the summit. Together, these technologies formed a cornerstone of the extremely demanding system, whose primary objective was to ensure the protection of 20 Heads of State and government as well as representatives from five guest countries and 12 international institutions, totalling more than 6,000 invited people, plus about 3,000 accredited journalists.

A large number of police, gendarmerie, armed and civil security forces were involved in the event. In total, some 12,000 users were able to benefit from the powerful secure radio communication system at the summit. To this end, Cassidian adapted the networks to the specificities of this kind of summit and improved their ability to perform in the event of a crisis.