Rowena Manisay

Fremont, CA – 14 April 2025. The Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA) of the Republic of Botswana selected TCI to provide its new Automated Spectrum Monitoring System.

TCI, in consortium with Saipem Enterprises (Pty) Ltd, was awarded the international competitive tender issued by BOCRA for a turnkey automated spectrum monitoring and direction-finding system that includes three fixed, one transportable, one mobile and one portable station, operating from 9 kHz to 8.5 GHz, all with ITU compliant monitoring, TDOA, and DF functionality with installation, training and skills transfer with three-years extended warranty for maintenance services. The system also includes an interface to their license database providing the ability to perform Automatic Violation Detection (AVD).

The upgrade includes the replacement of three existing Fixed Spectrum Monitoring sites with the TCI Model 759 Compact Spectrum Monitoring equipment and TCI’s Scorpio software. The new Transportable and Mobile Monitoring Stations will also have the TCI Model 759 thus providing BOCRA with a common and integrated platform that can be operated from any Scorpio Client within BOCRA’s Automated Spectrum Monitoring and Management System (ASMMS). This new platform will enable BOCRA to address its current and future spectrum management requirements as new communication technologies are introduced.

BOCRA and TCI signed the contract for this initiative in March 2025 and completion is expected in October 2025.

TCI is excited to be BOCRA’s selected supplier for such an important system that will provide the latest generation spectrum monitoring tools for The Republic of Botswana.

About TCI:

TCI International, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of SPX Corporation. TCI provides turnkey solutions for spectrum management and monitoring, direction-finding, geolocation, and communications intelligence to civilian, government, military, and intelligence agencies and provides antennas for communications and high-power radio broadcasting. TCI is headquartered in Fremont, California, USA. For more information, contact ann.bustamante@spx.com.

About Saipem Enterprises (Pty) Ltd:

Saipem Enterprises (Pty) Ltd is a local Botswana company wholly citizen owned specializing in telecommunications consultancy and installation integration. 

The year of the snake is upon us! We are all about celebrating the culture of diverse employees here at TCI.

Wishing you all a happy Lunar New Year!

On December 5th, TCI hosted 19 women leaders from Africa at our training center in Fremont, California. The training focused on strategies for leadership, everything digital and technologies for spectrum monitoring and management. There was great engagement and enthusiasm from the group as they interacted with speakers and engineers during the day. The training was sponsored by the USTTI and NTIA as part of their commitment to provide training to Youth and Emerging Leaders.

Thanksgiving, an American tradition, starts early at TCI!  There are many things for which we are thankful, and being able to share delicious food with coworkers is just one of them. Thank you to all our employees for your hard work. It’s been a busy year but we’re on the home stretch. May the celebrations continue next week and may your families and your tables be bountiful with tasty food and those who matter most!

We were delighted to attend the Chepstow Military Raceday Conference and Exhibition last week, and very proud to see Eric Kaled, President of SPX Technologies and Genfare at SPX Technologies, receive the BATTLESPACE Businessman of the Year 2024 award.  Our Battlespace Business Development Director, David Beckett, was also honored to present the Winner’s Award to the Jockey and Owners of ‘French Ship’, winner of the 4th race of the day entitled ‘the BLACKTALON Maiden Hurdle’ which was sponsored by SPX Communication Technologies.  To find out more about Eric’s success and career so far, please click here to read the full article published in the recent BATTLESPACE magazine: https://enterprisecontrol.co.uk/battlespace-interview-with-eric-kaled-president-at-spx-communication-technologies-and-genfare/