Schmid Telecom AG has successfully completed the Site Acceptance Test at Birmingham Airport for the refresh of the main Voice Communication System. The Schmid Telecom VCS is now running on the latest ED-137B compliant Software-Release. As part of the system refresh a completely new HMI was deployed, which was designed together with the Air Traffic Controllers at Birmingham Airport Air Traffic Limited. The new HMI was tailored exactly towards the needs of today`s ATCO`s including a sophisticated Role Concept. It underpins once more the wide range of flexibility and migration capability of the Schmid Telecom VCS solution.

Paul Strick, Manager CNS at Birmingham Airport Air Traffic Limited, commented: “As part of our continuous improvement, Birmingham Airport Air Traffic Limited has reviewed the VCS and how we could optimise the system to ensure that we can offer both a safe and efficient service.  With Birmingham Airport’s continuous growth in traffic numbers, as the ANSP we need to ensure that we continue to provide the best service to all of our stakeholders.  Schmid Telecom has played a key role with this upgrade and has provided us a very stable and efficient platform to build on in the future”.

About Schmid Telecom AG

Schmid Telecom AG is one of the leading suppliers of highly reliable Voice Communication Systems with an installed base of more than 5000 Operator Positions and satisfied customers all over the world.

Headquarters are located in Zurich, Switzerland. As a global company, with worldwide subsidiaries and reliable experienced business partners in all important markets, Schmid Telecom AG is close to the customer.

The VCS solutions are especially designed for Air Traffic Management and are ready for todays and future needs in Air Traffic Control by using a decentralized architecture, being fully compliant to the VoIP standard ED-137B. The solution covers the full range of applications within ATM from largest centres to small and mobile towers.

One of the key benefits of system is the cost of ownership. The quality of the system in connection with the high reliability results in very low operating expenses.

About Birmingham Airport Ltd.

Birmingham Airport is an international airport located east southeast of Birmingham city centre, at Bickenhill in Solihull, Birmingham, England. The airport is a base for Flybe, Monarch, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways.

The airport offers both domestic flights within the UK, and international flights to destinations in Europe, the Middle East, the Indian subcontinent, North America and the Caribbean. Passenger throughput in 2015 was over 10.1 million, making Birmingham the seventh busiest UK airport.

Birmingham has a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Public Use Aerodrome Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction.