Frequentis AG: Greek Coast Guard increases safety at sea with intuitive communication platform

FREQUENTIS & the Greek Coast Guard

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Vienna (pta013/03.06.2020/09:29 UTC+2) The Hellenic Coast Guard has selected Frequentis and Space Hellas to provide an integrated communication system to enhance search and rescue and maritime safety for the Greek coastline. The unique solution design will provide integrated workflow optimisation, improving operators' situational awareness, and enabling informed decision making. In an emergency, human lives can be saved more quickly.

Greece has a Mediterranean coastline of over 13,000 km with Hellenic Coast Guard responsible for search and rescue, marine safety, and law enforcement at sea, including preventing sea pollution, illegal immigration, and drug trafficking.

The project includes the modernisation of the communications system of the joint rescue coordination centre, the Hellenic Coast Guard Operation Centre in Piraeus, and the Coastal Radio Station in Aspropyrgos, a suburb of Athens. The project will be delivered in cooperation with Frequentis' Greek Partner Space Hellas. An eight-year maintenance period is also included during the guaranteed system operation period. With Europe now in its return to normal since the outbreak of the pandemic, the system assembly has been able to commence at Frequentis headquarters in Vienna and factory testing will soon follow.

"The system for maritime applications, MarTRX, was designed with operators in mind. The intuitive user interface includes optimised workflows and organisational best practices that automatically support the operator with their day to day work. MarTRX works seamlessly to integrate all functions so that operators can focus on the results rather than memorising individual processes. We are looking forward to implementing this solution for the Hellenic Coast Guard, supporting their goals for enhanced safety and operator experience," says Khashayar Saravandi-Rad, Frequentis Vice President Maritime.

The system is based on the Frequentis maritime communication and information processing product suite MarTRX, a next generation integrated maritime control centre solution that streamlines all communication flows and assets into one consistent user interface, displayed conveniently to the operator. This simplifies complex decision making, even in stressful situations.

Frequentis MarTRX is a modular solution that can be designed around the customer need and extended when required to cover both Search and Rescue and Maritime Communication as well as Vessel Traffic Services and Coastal Surveillance Systems.

The project is co-funded by the Operational Programme Transport Infrastructure, Environment and Sustainable Development (Cohesion Fund resources) of the National Strategic Reference Framework 2014-2020.

About FREQUENTIS

Frequentis, headquartered in Vienna, is an international supplier of communication and information systems for control centres with safety-critical tasks. Such 'control centre solutions' are developed and marketed by Frequentis in the business sectors Air Traffic Management (civil and military air traffic control, air defence) and Public Safety & Transport (police, fire brigade, ambulance services, shipping, railways). As a global player, Frequentis operates a worldwide network of branches, subsidiaries and local representatives in more than 50 countries.

Products and solutions from Frequentis can be found in over 30,000 operator working positions and in approximately 140 countries. Founded in 1947, Frequentis considers itself to be the global market leader in voice communication systems for air traffic control with a market share of around 30%. In addition, the Frequentis Group's AIM (aeronautical information management) and AMHS (aeronautical message handling) systems, as well as GSM-R systems for Public Transport are industry leading global solutions.

The shares of Frequentis AG are traded on the Vienna and Frankfurt Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FQT (ISIN: ATFREQUENT09). In 2019, the Frequentis Group had about 1,850 employees worldwide and generated revenues of EUR 303.6 million and EBIT of EUR 17.2 million.

For more information, please visit https://www.frequentis.com

Brigitte Gschiegl, Director Corporate Communications, Frequentis AG,
brigitte.gschiegl@frequentis.com, +43 1 81150-1301

Stefan Marin, Head of Investor Relations, Frequentis AG,
stefan.marin@frequentis.com, +43 1 81150-1074

About SPACE HELLAS

Founded in 1985, Space Hellas is a leading system integrator and Value Added Solutions Provider that offers a comprehensive range of integrated ICT and security solutions and services to high-profile customers in the enterprise, retail stores, government and defence sectors. Headquartered in Athens, Space Hellas has offices in the major Greek cities, subsidiaries in five countries and activities extending across Europe and the Middle East. The company is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange since 2000.

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