2026 Agenda

Many believe the recent market expansion of multi-band radios solves 'Interoperability'; however, most digital radio system subscribers only include the legacy analog FM operating mode for interoperability. This falls short of the actual requirements for many agencies.
These features only address band differences for cross system and multi-system needs. However, as more systems move from analog to digital, users often find they need to operate across multiple digital modes to meet their interoperability connectivity requirements.
With the introduction of practical multi-technology subscriber equipment, we have entered an era where multi-band and multi-technology capabilities can be combined to design cost effective systems addressing a much wider range of interoperability use cases than can be with any single-technology system.

This session presents an overview of how to best apply these capabilities to your communications and interoperability requirements, and how to avoid some of the pitfalls when deploying multi-technology equipment.

Takeaway

This session provides the participants with an understanding of the features and limitations of the current generation of multi-technology equipment as applied to solving interoperability challenges.
This session provides the participants with an understanding of how best to apply multi-technology radios to users' interoperability requirements.
This session provides the participants with an understanding of how a multi-technology system deployment can provide improved communications at reduced costs, in comparison to other solutions typically applied.
This session provides the participants an understanding of the issues they should consider in the selection of multi-technology subscriber equipment to be deployed within single technology systems.