10 August 2011
Opponents of MOTOTRBO for public safety use often bring up ‘interoperability’ as an issue. Such ones usually claim that MOTOTRBO does away with interoperability with other non-MOTOTRBO systems. Is this a valid claim? What are the facts? First, interoperability can take many forms. But, in this discussion, let’s simply assume that this means that one [...]
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07 August 2011
Some people make the claim that Motorola’s MOTOTRBO XPR-series of portable radios, are not ‘public safety grade’ or are not “certified for public safety use”. Is this true? The answer is important, since more and more public safety agencies are either already using these models or are looking at doing so. This is usually due [...]
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15 June 2011
Selex Communications has been awarded a $28 million (US) contract to implement a regional radio communications system in Italy, designed for handling emergencies and civil protection activities. The system will consist of 450 Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) simulcast VHF and UHF repeaters and 22 TETRA sites and will support thousands of mobile, portable, and fixed subscriber units.
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15 April 2011
There have been some misunderstandings as to what is required by radio users, with regards to the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) Narrowbanding Mandate. The following information is provided to help clear up these misunderstandings. First of all, this Federal Mandate applies to any radio system that is licensed by the FCC, that operates on frequencies between [...]
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01 August 2010
There’s been much misinformation, and outright ‘untruths’ spread all over the internet, claiming that MOTOTRBO is not ‘designed for’ or ‘intended for’ public safety use, that Motorola does not ‘endorse’ its use in mission critical applications, and even making false statements with regard to the functionality of MOTOTRBO. We would like to ‘set the record straight’ [...]
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