Rakel stands for Radio Communication for effective management and is the country's national communication system. It was expanded from 2005 to 2010, and is used by more than 600 organizations. Above all, however, it is a communication path within the police, emergency services, medical services and the defense.
However, Rachel has aged, and is unable to meet today's demands for, for example, data traffic. On June 25, the government therefore took the first steps towards what is called the second generation of Rakel.
- Now we give MSB two assignments, mainly to modernize Rakel which is outdated with limited technology. Today, you can really only talk in Rakel. Now we are looking at a system, Rakel 2, which also gets with data communication, so you can send pictures, stream videos, in a completely different way work updated in a secure communication system, says Interior Minister Mikael Damberg (S).
- The second assignment is about a more long-term proposal for a system, a hybrid solution where you get a robust system even in the event of a crisis or war.
To be owned by the stateA first complementary solution with data traffic will be in place in 2022, but already in February 2021 a proposal for a completely new system will be presented.
In order to avoid that important components and parts of the system fall under other countries' control through acquisitions, MSB must assume that the state itself owns and controls central parts of Rakel.
Received criticism: "Is better"Rachel has received criticism, including for alarms that have not gone ahead and bad sound. At the terrorist attack on Drottninggatan 2017, the rescue service in Stockholm experienced such great problems that parts of the management had to direct the operation directly in place.
And during the forest fires in 2018, Rakel did not work at all due to poor coverage.
- It's already better this summer, because MSB has set up another nine mobile Rakel stations that you can use. Sweden has better preparedness for forest fires today, says Mikael Damberg.