 New Tieline GSM for G3 offers extra news gathering flexibility Today's highly successful GSM wireless technology has become the world's leading and fastest growing mobile standard, spanning over 190 countries and delivering more flexible newsgathering opportunities to broadcasters through innovative algorithm and modem technologies.
As part of the mobile newsgathering suite of products, Tieline
Technology has released its GSM module for the Commander and i-Mix
G3 codecs which takes advantage of the GSM circuit switched protocol
enabling up to 7.5 kHz audio to be transferred over standard GSM
networks in the US and up to 15 kHz audio
Tieline is the first GSM enabled codec to provide an auxiliary data stream over GSM that allows studio engineers to control the audio input levels of their remote talent. Remote channel on/off button control can also be activated enabling the studio to have complete control over the remote talent's microphone over a wireless link with no distance limitations. If you have GSM service….you have a broadcast link with remote control. Tieline offers a Nokia GSM chipset mounted in a Tieline module which can be slotted into the side of the Tieline Commander or i-Mix. You can dial from the GSM enabled codec to a standard POTS landline enabled Tieline codec to establish the high bandwidth link. The Mono GSM capability has been added to the 15 kHz stereo over POTS and 20 kHz Stereo over ISDN capability of the new Tieline G3 codecs. Standard GSM networks provide data streams of 9600bps. The Tieline i-Mix and Commander feature a new and an extremely efficient voice coder called Voice G3 that delivers up to 7.5kHz audio over this low bit rate stream. HSCSD(High speed circuit switched data) networks allows users to send and receive data at speeds of 28.8kbit/sec and 43.2kbit/sec by bonding up to 4 traffic channels of a GSM network. Tieline's well known Music algorithm delivers 15 kHz audio over HSCSD networks with full remote control ability. Tieline also provides several remote power options including an in-car cigarette lighter 12 volt power supply, a desktop 8amp hour UPS Lithium battery or a 2.3amp hour lithium battery module which slots into the side of the codec and enables broadcasters to set up anywhere in the field and deliver the equivalent of a POTS or ISDN broadcast without any wires at all. Examples of Tieline GSM users and successful tasks: 1. Jim Parman, Operations Director for WRNZ in Danville, KY has been using the Tieline GSM for football broadcasting. Jim said "it sounds much better than a plain cell phone, it's very convenient and it serves our purpose almost all the time. During football season, the Tieline GSM system is used almost every Friday night. We've got 4 stations and 4 high schools to cover so someone needs the Tieline GSM system almost all the time. Most schools are near an interstate so we know we're going to get a cell phone signal almost all of the time. 2. Benoit Goffin and Joel Henneton at BXL City Radio in Brussels are forging a new market of afternoon traffic listeners eager to avoid the tough traffic spots. Every afternoon at 4:00pm a reporter from RTL Brussels packs his Tieline codec with a battery and GSM mobile into a small backpack and heads out into the peak hour fray with his police scanner in search of traffic stoppers including breakdowns, accidents, construction areas and highway bottlenecks. 
On arrival at the scene, the reporter activates the battery pack housed in the backpack which powers the codec and then dials back to a standard POTS landline in the studio connected to another Tieline codec using the Belgian GSM network operator BASE which supports HSCSD. The reporter then delivers a live on-the-spot report of the traffic conditions including informal interviews with police, construction workers and drivers experiencing the delays. 3. BBC World Service: 4. Successful Demonstration to Capital FM London 5. Radio Forth, Edinburgh, Scotland More information is available on Tieline's GSM solution webpage.
Call your local Tieline dealer
for a free demonstration. Tradeshows Tieline Technology and its international partners attend most major international and many regional broadcast trade shows. This is your chance to test drive products. Our exhibitors will be only to happy to run you through the latest features and developments. We look forward to seeing you at the shows 
Support The new online Support Center was launched on the 9th of February and promises to contain an extensive collection of helpfull information including:
The bottom of each page within the support center contains the date of when the information was last updated. We want to hear from you Tieline is committed to giving professional service and technical support, but for the support center to work effectively we need your help. We encourage you to provide feedback on the support section. Did you find the online support helpful? Do you have any queries or problems that don't appear in this support section? Please email us at support@tieline.com.au. Your feedback will help us to improve our service. How do I access the new Support center? The all new support section can be accessed from the Codec Solutions drop down menu from our website or from the following hyperlink: http://www.tieline.com/support/.
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over High Speed Circuit Switched networks in Europe, Asia and
Canada.