Donny Jackson (Editor, IWCE's Urgent Communications)
Chief Harlin McEwen (Former FirstNet PSAC Chair, Public Safety Communications Consultant)
Justin St. Arnauld (Associate Director - 5G and Enterprise Solution Architecture, Verizon)
Michael Hodge (VP of Government Programs, Lynk Global, Inc.)
Location: N255
Date: Monday, March 27
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Pass Type:
All Access, Quick Pass Monday
Track:
Broadband, Interoperability
Format:
Panel Session
Vault Recording: TBD
In the most crucial moments of an emergency response, voice remains the primary method of communication. Land-mobile-radio (LMR) devices and systems continue to be the most-used push-to-talk (PTT) solutions by frontline personnel in the field, but PTT increasingly is being delivered to and from responders via broadband services.
Panelists will discuss various PTT technologies—from over-the-top apps to carrier-integrated mission-critical push-to-talk (MCPTT) offerings—and the different ways to deliver them, including carrier networks, private terrestrial networks, and the possibility of leveraging satellite-direct-to-phone capabilities in the near future.
With so many PTT choices available today and more expected in the future, a key question is whether these myriad PTT offerings and delivery methods will enable interoperable communications, regardless of the service used.