More and more governments in Europe are undergoing a digital transformation across their public safety agencies. Band 68 is a dedicated frequency that can be used to support emergency management and other public safety use cases with critical private mobile radio (PMR) communications.
Despite the band availability, its full potential has not yet been realised and a multi-vendor product approach can help meet the challenging needs of these use cases and accelerate the agencies’ digital transformation.
By combining Athonet‘s mission critical portable solutions and Crosscall‘s ruggedised smartphones and tablets, which utilise IoT solutions from Qualcomm Technologies Inc., Athonet can realise an end-to-end offering for this band-from network to the end user device.
Thanks to this collaboration, public safety agencies can utilise a complete portable tactical solution with full use of band 68 for various critical PMR communications. This offering is enabled by the Athonet Tactical Backpack ATB-68, Athonet Tactical Cube ATC-68, Crosscall X-COMM remote speaker microphone, Crosscall X-VIBES bone conduction headphones and Crosscall CORE-Z5 smartphone, which utilises the Qualcomm QCM6490 SoC.
During the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Athonet will showcase the Athonet Tactical Backpack ATB-68 in Hall 5, stand 5J65.
“Being able to guarantee portable tactical solutions with the Athonet Tactical Backpack ATB-68 and Athonet Tactical Cube ATC-68 is the result of years of research and constant improvement of our solutions. We have been working alongside organisations, ministries and security services for years to meet their needs related to communication and connectivity systems and this solution is an important milestone, both for us and for our customers.
“The collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Crosscall was fundamental in arriving at the definition of this solution and we are sure that even in the near future new products and services can arise from this collaborative work capable of responding to the ever-increasing needs of the public safety and critical PMR communications world,” says Massimiliano Gianesin, director, special projects, Athonet.
“Crosscall supports the public safety community with devices that are designed to work in all environments and meet all critical communication requirements. We have developed solutions, including terminals but also a whole system of highly technical accessories operating on the very high speed 4G/5G network, which allow us to accompany the public safety sector in the transformation of use that it is facing.
“The collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and the integration of the Qualcomm QCM6490 processor on our latest smartphone, the CORE-Z5, is a real innovation at the service of this transformation: it is the smartphone compatible with band 68. Working with Athonet and Qualcomm Technologies allows us to offer a complete solution that meets the current and future challenges of critical communication world,” says Denis Thayanithy, director, solution engineering & global partnership, Crosscall.
“Qualcomm Technologies is helping to drive the digital transformation of industries, enabling more intelligent IoT devices at the edge, and public safety is no exception,” says Sebastiano Di Filippo, senior director, business development, Qualcomm Europe, Inc. “It’s exciting to see Athonet and Crosscall utilise the availability of band 68 with the CORE-Z5 to deliver critical PMR communications. Powered by the Qualcomm QCM6490, the CORE-Z5 benefits from the processor’s tier features, including 5G, Wi-Fi-6E and band 68 connectivity compatibility on-device AI and compute performance. This growing ecosystem of products will help to address new use cases in public safety.”
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