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Panther Pines Consulting: John Facella says LMR remains vital, standardized integration with LTE/FirstNet needed

Panther Pines Consulting: John Facella says LMR remains vital, standardized integration with LTE/FirstNet needed

John Facella, manager and principal at Panther Pines Consulting, says push-to-talk functionality over public-safety LTE networks like the proposed FirstNet system will not replace LMR network any time soon, but it is important that standards exist to ensure that efficient bridges between the two techologies are developed and standardized.
  • Written by Donny Jackson
  • 25th March 2016

John Facella, manager and principal at Panther Pines Consulting, says push-to-talk functionality over public-safety LTE networks like the proposed FirstNet system will not replace LMR network any time soon, but it is important that standards exist to ensure that efficient bridges between the two techologies are developed and standardized.

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