Cutting-Edge SCAIP Telecare Solutions

As telecare monitoring organisations consider their options for the 2025 PSTN switch off, many are asking – how do we manage the change from analogue to All IP? The vast majority of the estimated 1.7 million telecare users in the UK still remain on PSTN lines. In common with many other countries, the UK PSTN network is set to close in 2025 as part of the final phase of the migration to All IP digital networks and, as a result, many telecare product manufacturers are now offering devices which will be compliant in the new IP environment.

To ensure that users of the Gemini monitoring platform are ready for these changes, Bold has launched a testing program with a number of manufacturers to identify those products which have developed a full implementation of alarm signalling and voice directly over the SCAIP protocol. SCAIP is already widely used in other parts of Europe and forms the basis of the new TS50134-9 Standard for dispersed social alarms.