Theatre and event specialists, Orbital Sound, kicked off 2009 with a successful outing at January's Event Show, where the inspired deployment of communication networks captured the imagination of many visitors.

Orbital demonstrated the ability to link communication technologies together, in order to provide a more flexible solution. "At the same time, we were able to show how current communications infrastructures can be adapted to work better, while adding on new technologies will provide smoother and more efficient running systems," said director, Tim Sherratt.

Orbital received a lot of interest in their HME digital duplex radio comms systems — particularly the IP67-rated DX300 base station that can be used outdoors in all weathers — and took many enquiries about their TETRA Comms networks, as supplied to the Isle Of Wight Festival last year.

"In fact visitors were intrigued by our successful deployment of TETRA based solutions for the festival market, and the advantages this has over current analogue trunking systems," continued Sherratt. "Of greatest interest was the speed with which the network can be deployed — just 40 minutes from arrival on site — and the active noise cancelling technologies, along with the exceptional coverage that can be achieved."