Huixquilucan Municipality

Huixquilucan Municipality lies adjacent to the west side of Mexico City. It is one of the most important municipalities of Mexico State, being part of the metropolitan zone of Mexico Valley surrounding Mexico City.

Considered to be one of the safest municipalities in the entire country, Huixquilucan was one of the first to invest in a city and town video surveillance system across the entire region, as well as installing a panic button system.

This installation included a monitoring building known as C4, which receives all citizen calls and from which they are able to monitor the video surveillance system.

Following the implementation of such a system, Huixquilucan Municipality recognised a need to upgrade its public safety communications system.

Sepura and its infrastructure partner are currently implementing a state wide TETRA network for the State of Mexico, and municipalities such as Huixquilucan have the option to further enhance this solution with their choice of TETRA devices.

The key technical challenge for this project was the migration from analogue to digital. The existing TETRAPOL solution was more than ten years old and was no longer fully meeting Huixquilucan’s operational requirements.

The municipality required secure encrypted communications and more control over police resources.

The new Sepura solution enables Huixquilucan to have fully integrated communications services, including voice and data. Covering 143.52 km², a population of over 240,000 and including 10 localities, implementing a robust new digital TETRA solution is no mean feat for Huixquilucan municipality.

Sepura delivered a comprehensive TETRA solution covering three sites using Sepura’s latest TETRA handheld and mobile radios. The municipality now has over 200 SC20 radios with 3W high-power TETRA RF transmission, alongside over 100 SRG3900 mobile radios. These devices have been installed within vehicles for communication on the move and within buildings as a desktop radio. The new system and radios are robust, reliable and provide greater coverage, clearer audio and secure communications.

The SC20 terminals have an IP68 environmental rating, allowing them to be rinsed in running water, and GPS tracking for better resource management. The powerful 3W TETRA engines within the radios provide better coverage and powerful audio for clear communications at all times.

The use of SRG3900s allow the emergency services to extend coverage through the use of Gateway mode, which allows voice and data through the TETRA network to be relayed between Trunked Mode (on-network) and Direct Mode (off-network) to ensure that users can communicate at all times.

Huixquilucan chose Sepura due to their market leadership in public safety in Mexico, with multiple municipalities having already implemented Sepura radios. TETRA radio solutions continue to be implemented in the Mexican public safety market, and Huixquilucan Municipality have successfully moved into the digital age with a robust, reliable provision from Sepura.