TETRA is an industry standard, defining how a reliable, mission critical and efficient netowk should function. The TETRA protocols make use of "trunking", which is a way of sharing channels and administering them in the most efficient and automated way. 

TETRA is not proprietary, meaning TETRA equipment from different manufacturers should be able to work together regarding basic functionality. Motorola Solutions, however, have enhanced their products with unique features which set them apart. Furthermore, third party vendors have developed an variety of business solutions, which cuts implementation time for a Motorola based TETRA network, cuts overall costs and raises functionality and user friendliness considerably. The picture shows a typical setup of Tetra dispatch consoles for a law enforcement network.