20 Apr 2017

60 seconds with Quixoticity's Peter Clemons

Peter Clemons, founder and managing director of Quixoticity talks to Land Mobile about his long career in the critical communications industry

How do you spend most of your time at work?

A lot of travelling is involved, with more time being spent in the Middle East recently. I’m also active in industry organisations such as the TCCA and standards bodies such as ETSI and 3GPP. I’m working hard to find the best combination of existing and future solutions to satisfy clients’ needs.

What’s the one gadget that you can’t live without?

A laptop is still my device of choice. That could change when 5G allows me to create an immortal digital twin that can do all my work better than I can though.

Describe your most unforgettable project.

Maybe playing a very small role in helping Panama Canal Authority move to TETRA.

What’s the most unusual thing you’ve seen while working in the radio sector?

Back to the Panama Canal again: TETRA wasn’t working well at the head offices and it was discovered that COMPAQ desktops were interfering with the radios, so the offending computers were simply covered with tinfoil. Problem solved!