FEATURE: LTE NETWORKS
THE FIRST STEP IN
IMPLEMENTING A
SUCCESSFUL BC/DR
PLAN IS EVALUATION
– ORGANISATIONS
NEED TO CONDUCT
A THOROUGH RISK
ASSESSMENT OF
THE ENTIRE IT
INFRASTRUCTURE
AND ALL SERVICES
THAT SUPPORT
BUSINESS CRITICAL
APPLICATIONS
just combines voice communication
with broadband capability but also
offers enhanced speed over traditional
technologies.
Public safety organizations have
traditionally used systems such as
Project 25 and TETRA for their missioncritical voice communication needs.
However, these systems do not offer
broadband capability.
The traditional technologies have
mission critical voice, push-to-talk to
give fast response to voice but have
very limited capability for data. But now
data communication is a prerequisite,
for instance for surveillance, which
cannot be supported by only voice.
Public safety agencies in the Middle
East region are fast realising that
mobile broadband can literally make
the difference between life and
death in a disaster situation. Further,
an increasing demand for a safe
environment in the region demands
a secure and a proactive public
safety system.
A key reason for the growing popularity
of LTE in public safety system is that
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