What Beaconsim does

Beaconsim (Beaconsim Oy), headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, develops simulator systems for critical communications training, primarily serving public safety agencies, emergency services, and large enterprises that operate private radio networks. The company's product portfolio, marketed under the TETRAsim brand, consists of four interconnected solutions: TETRAsim ONE (a self-learning platform with interactive radio simulators), TETRAsim TEAM (a virtual classroom including a virtual radio network with terminals, dispatchers, and command-and-control applications), TETRAsim PLAN (a network planning simulator disconnected from real networks), and TETRAsim LAB (a development testbed exposing API and PEI interfaces). The core technology is a 1:1 replication of real radio terminals with actual radio parameters, fleet maps, talk groups, and settings, supporting TETRA, LTE, 5G, DMR, digital PMR, Tetrapol, Mesh, and proprietary networks across radio manufacturers including Airbus, Motorola, Sepura, Tait, and NSC Mobile. Training content is available for all supported radio models and in any language.

The company monetizes through enterprise software subscriptions offered in both self-hosted server deployments and turnkey hosted configurations, supplemented by professional services for content customization and content licensing for course material. The go-to-market combines direct enterprise field sales, indicated by "Request a Demo" and free demo course access on the website, with co-marketing and OEM partnerships with major radio equipment manufacturers. Beaconsim integrates with enterprise systems including Moodle LMS and Windows Active Directory SSO to facilitate deployment within large organizations. The customer base spans 28 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, with named customers including Police Saxen, Laurea University of Applied Sciences, the Fire Institute of NRW, Belgium's ASTRID, the UK Emergency Services Network (via Wray Castle), and Australian emergency services (via Vertel).

Beaconsim is a privately held company with no disclosed external funding, indicating a bootstrapped operating history to its current scale of 11-50 employees. Distribution is augmented through strategic and channel partners, including Wray Castle for the UK ESN market, Vertel for Australia, ASTRID for Belgium, and Laurea University for research collaboration. The product positioning emphasizes measurable training outcomes at the individual, departmental, and organizational levels, standardization of content across trainers, scalability from small groups to thousands of users, and elimination of travel costs through browser-based remote delivery.

Name

Beaconsim

Legal name

Beaconsim Oy

Website

https://beaconsim.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Beaconsim (Beaconsim Oy) is a Helsinki-based company that develops 1:1 radio and command-and-control dispatcher simulators for critical communications training, serving public safety agencies, emergency services, and large enterprises with private radio networks across 28 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Critical Communication Training Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (5415)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371)

akta.pro primary industry

Crisis Management & Communications Support (Mass Notification) (BPABANAF)

Keywords

• Critical communication simulators
• Radio network training software
• TETRA training platform
• Dispatcher simulation tools
• Emergency communication training

Headquarters

HQ city

Helsinki

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Licenses and Subscriptions: TETRAsim products (ONE, TEAM, PLAN, LAB) are offered as software solutions with server-based installation. Turnkey solutions include hosting, suggesting recurring subscription or licensing model.
2. Professional Services: Turnkey delivery option where Beaconsim handles everything including hosting. Course content available for all radio models and any language, indicating customization services.
3. Content Licensing: Course content available for all radio models (Airbus, Motorola, Sepura, Tait, etc.) and any language, with proprietary simulator training content.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Beaconsim develops and sells radio and command-and-control (C&C) dispatcher simulator software for critical communication training, planning, and testing. Its products (TETRAsim ONE, TEAM, PLAN, LAB) are 1:1 copies of real radios with real radio parameters, fleet maps, talk groups and settings, and support TETRA, LTE, 5G, DMR, digital PMR, Tetrapol, Mesh, and proprietary networks. The software is delivered as a server-installed, browser-accessed platform with optional turnkey hosting, LMS/SSO integration, and multi-language course content for emergency services, public safety, and large organizations operating radio networks.

Product overview

Beaconsim (operating as Beaconsim Oy, Helsinki, Finland) offers a portfolio of four interconnected critical communication training and planning solutions: TETRAsim ONE (self-learning platform), TETRAsim TEAM (virtual classroom), TETRAsim PLAN (network planning simulator), and TETRAsim LAB (development testbed). The solutions support TETRA, LTE, 5G, DMR, digital PMR, Tetrapol, Mesh, and proprietary networks, with radio simulator products for manufacturers including Airbus, Motorola, Sepura, Tait, and NSC. The product architecture ranges from virtual classrooms of few students to self-learning for thousands of users across 28 countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TETRAsim: Product family brand for critical communication simulators including ONE (self-learning), TEAM (virtual classroom), PLAN (network planning), and LAB (development test bed) solutions for radio and C&C dispatcher training.

Products and services

• TETRAsim ONE TETRAsim ONE is a self-learning system for radio users with interactive radio simulators that enables fast training of large organizations. Simulators mirror the look and parameters of real radios (talk groups, folders, settings); users learn at their own pace via text, pictures, video, and audio, receive continuous feedback, and earn a certificate upon reaching the required level. ONE is installed on a server and accessed from any PC, laptop, or tablet through a standard browser, with no special program installation required.
• TETRAsim TEAM TETRAsim TEAM is a virtual classroom including a virtual radio network with radio terminals, dispatchers, C&C, field command, and data applications. It enables realistic, trainer-led group exercises and scenarios with group dynamics and recorded student activities (speech items, key presses, and timings) that provide an objective base for debriefing, without the risk or resource cost of using live networks.
• TETRAsim PLAN TETRAsim PLAN is a virtual radio communication environment for planning and roll-out of radio networks. It allows organizations to test different fleet maps, operating procedures, terminal parameters, and network settings safely because it is disconnected from the real network, and to engage end users early for change management before final changes are made on the live network.
• TETRAsim LAB TETRAsim LAB is a flexible radio network test bed for development and testing purposes. It offers API and PEI interfaces selected to match development needs, with the same functionality as real interfaces, providing manufacturer-independent capability for radio device testing, application development, integration testing, and customer trials.

Quantifiable outcome

• 28 countries served across Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration12 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and regional.

• AirbuscoreTechnology or IntegrationAirbus is a major partner whose radio products (Dabat, Th1n) are supported on the Beaconsim platform. Co-branded product descriptions available in English and German. Airbus Agnet integration demo available on the platform.
• Motorola SolutionscoreTechnology or IntegrationMotorola Solutions radio models (MTP6550, ST7000, APX8000) are supported on the platform. Co-branded product descriptions in English and German. Motorola is a key radio manufacturer partner.
• SepuracoreTechnology or IntegrationSepura SC20 radio is supported on the Beaconsim platform with co-branded product descriptions in English and German.
• MoodlecoreTechnology or IntegrationLMS integration partner. Beaconsim integrates with Moodle learning management system for enterprise deployment.
• Windows ADcoreTechnology or IntegrationSSO integration partner. Beaconsim integrates with Windows Active Directory for enterprise single sign-on authentication.
• Wray CastlecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership to launch scalable training solution supporting UK Emergency Services Network (ESN). Joint press release in 2026 for the solution.
• VertelregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAustralia-based Vertel partnered with Beaconsim for virtual training for emergency services. RadioResource Media Group reported the partnership in 2019.
• ASTRIDcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBelgium's public safety radio network operator. Police inspectors from ASTRID participated in TETRAsim development. ASTRID published articles about TETRAsim in their SWITCH Magazine (issue 34) in Dutch and French editions.
• Fire Institute of NRWregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerGerman fire service training institute used TETRAsim PLAN to test operating plans and communication procedures before BOSnet deployment, providing feedback that shaped product development.
• Laurea University of Applied SciencesregionalStrategic or Co-development PartnerFinnish university partnered for research and development of training methods. Provided testimonial on simulator training benefits for varied learning paces.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sepura: UK PMR/TETRA terminal specialist (SC20 and related devices) whose radios Beaconsim simulates. Sepura operates its own training services for end users and resellers, competing with Beaconsim for the training spend that accompanies terminal deployments.
• Hytera: Global critical-communications radio manufacturer offering PMR terminals, TETRA/DMR systems, and proprietary training programmes for end users. Represents both an OEM partner opportunity and a potential competitor if it expands its own simulator/content offering.
• Airbus Secure Communications: Airbus division providing TETRA and broadband mission-critical solutions (Tactilon, Agnet, Dabat, Th1n radios). Beaconsim has co-branded integrations with Agnet and Airbus radio models, making Airbus both a primary go-to-market partner and a broader incumbent that could absorb simulator functionality internally.
• Tait Communications: New Zealand-headquartered PMR/LMR radio manufacturer supporting P25, DMR, and open-standard networks with its own customer-training programmes. Beaconsim already supports Tait TP9460 in its simulator library, illustrating the partner/competitor overlap.
• Frequentis: Austrian incumbent in mission-critical control-centre and dispatch solutions whose Asgard product Beaconsim integrates with for dispatcher simulation. Frequentis plays a dual role as integration partner and broader-stack incumbent that could, in principle, develop an in-house simulator.
• Motorola Solutions: Dominant global incumbent in mission-critical communications (TETRA, P25, DIMETRA, LTE) and the operator behind UK ESN. As a 'core' Beaconsim OEM partner with co-branded content, Motorola Solutions is simultaneously the most strategic distribution channel and the largest potential competitor.
• Leonardo Mission Critical Communications: Italian-headquartered incumbent providing TETRA/digital PMR infrastructure and command-and-control solutions to public-safety and government customers across Europe. Competes indirectly through offering training and network-planning services as part of larger mission-critical programmes.

Direct peers

• Funkwerk AG: German provider of professional mobile radio (PMR), TETRA, and DMR solutions including training offerings for transport, industry, and public-safety customers. Operates in the same critical-comms training and integration niche across DACH with overlap on TETRA training content.
• Wray Castle: UK-headquartered specialist in critical-communications training and consultancy. Wray Castle is both a Beaconsim partner (joint UK ESN solution) and a competitor in TETRA/MCX training services, delivering instructor-led and e-learning courses to the same public-safety buyer base.
• DAMM Cellular Systems: Danish provider of TETRA and LTE critical-communications infrastructure with adjacent system-planning and training tools. Competes with Beaconsim in the network-planning and configuration-validation phase of large public-safety deployments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/beaconsim

Revenue estimate

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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