NEWS
Skyguide and Indra improve runway safety at
Zürich airport
A
irports around the world may benefit
from an innovative solution developed
by Skyguide, Indra, SkySoft-ATM and
Zürich Airport in the Advanced Runway
Safety Improvement (ARSI) project. The
objective of the project has been to increase
runway safety and traffic capacity during
certain arrival and departure configurations
at Zürich Airport, but the solution has
implications reaching far beyond the initial
project scope.
In the ARSI project, Skyguide’s electronic
flight strip system, TRACE from SkySoft-
ATM, is integrated with Indra’s A-SMGCS
InNOVA Ground. Aimed at the tower
environment, air traffic controllers will get
an electronic warning in case they make
safety critical decisions.
“The solution is based on the input given
to the Electronic Flight Strips. The system
will immediately detect potential critical
situations due to conflicting clearances or
non-compliant instructions, allowing more
time to react in critical situations,” said Terje
Dalen, Product Manager Tower Systems from
Indra. “Skyguide and Zürich Airport are the
pioneers, but any airport with a high number
of runway crossings could benefit from a
similar solution.”
Air traffic controllers are already reporting
that the new solution has provided them
with greater situational awareness. “The
controllers have been actively involved in
designing and developing the solution. It
has been important for us to minimise their
need for feeding the system,” said Project
Manager, Jörn Winkler from skyguide.
“The result is a fully integrated and semi-
automated tower system. The feedback from
the users is very positive.”
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Vodafone Italia and telecom Italia to enter into
new partnership
V
odafone and TIM have announced they have signed a
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) outlining non-binding
terms in relation to a potential partnership for active network sharing
(the ‘Active Sharing Project’) and an expansion of their existing
passive sharing agreement (the ‘Passive Sharing Agreement’).
The parties are also evaluating the feasibility and merits of a
potential business combination of their respective passive towers
located in Italy into a single entity (the ‘Potential Business
Combination’, jointly with the Active Sharing Project and the Passive
Sharing Agreement, the ‘Initiatives’).
flexibility and ensure that they are able to meet the needs of their
respective customers.
They also intend to consider active network sharing for their existing
4G networks, in order to support 5G active network sharing; this may
also generate further efficiencies.
The objective is to accelerate and enhance the deployment of 5G
technology and use network infrastructure more efficiently, both in
urban and rural areas.
To facilitate the discussions around the Initiatives, Vodafone and TIM
have entered into an exclusivity agreement.
With reference to the Active Sharing Project, Vodafone and TIM intend
to enter into an agreement that would enable them to jointly roll-out
5G infrastructure. The Active Sharing Project would support a faster
deployment of 5G over a wider geographic area, at a lower cost.
The parties will evaluate the technical and commercial feasibility of
jointly deploying active 5G equipment across the country, including
certain larger cities where each party may wish to retain strategic
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