Press Release
NAR provides radio services with TETRA at Kansai International Airport
-- Acquired Airport Radio Business from Kansai Airports Technical Services--
May 11 2021
Nippon Airport Radio Services Co.,LTD.
Nippon Airport Radio Services Co., Ltd., NAR, has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the airport radio business at Kansai International Airport from Kansai Airports Technical Services. NAR will migrate the current radio system to TETRA system and start the radio services on April 2022.
Since 2016, NAR has implemented and operated TETRA at Narita International Airport, Naha Airport, and Chubu International Airport. It supports the aviation operations, safety and security at those airports 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. TETRA is an international standard for professional terrestrial radios and is widely used by various public safety organizations in many countries, and has been introduced for more than 80 airports around the world. The reliability and quality of the radio communication and the robustness of the radio terminals are highly regarded by the customer. In addition, since it uses a dedicated spectrum, it has been operating stably even in natural disasters.
NAR plans to migrate the current airport radio system at Kansai International Airport to TETRA within FY2021, and to start airport radio services with TETRA in April 2022, when the business transfer is completed.
About Nippon Airport Radio Services Co., Ltd., “NAR”
NAR, a subsidiary of NTT East, is a radio communication service provider specializing in airports, providing air to ground telephone service at 8 airports and ground to ground radio services using TETRA at 3 airports in Japan. It will start services using TETRA at Kansai International Airport in April 2022, and plans to expand to the other airports after that. The company is characterized by its airport-focused operations and by its advanced technological capabilities in radio communications for professionals.
