https://urgentcomm.com/wp-content/themes/ucm_child/assets/images/logo/footer-new-logo.png
  • Home
  • News
  • Multimedia
    • Back
    • Multimedia
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • Galleries
    • IWCE’s Video Showcase
    • IWCE 2022 Winter Showcase
    • IWCE 2023 Pre-event Guide
  • Commentary
    • Back
    • Commentary
    • Urgent Matters
    • View From The Top
    • All Things IWCE
    • Legal Matters
  • Resources
    • Back
    • Resources
    • Webinars
    • White Papers
    • Reprints & Reuse
  • IWCE
    • Back
    • IWCE
    • Conference
    • Special Events
    • Exhibitor Listings
    • Premier Partners
    • Floor Plan
    • Exhibiting Information
    • Register for IWCE
  • About Us
    • Back
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Terms of Service
    • Privacy Statement
    • Cookie Policy
  • Related Sites
    • Back
    • American City & County
    • IWCE
    • Light Reading
    • IOT World Today
    • Mission Critical Technologies
    • TU-Auto
  • In the field
    • Back
    • In the field
    • Broadband Push-to-X
    • Internet of Things
    • Project 25
    • Public-Safety Broadband/FirstNet
    • Virtual/Augmented Reality
    • Land Mobile Radio
    • Long Term Evolution (LTE)
    • Applications
    • Drones/Robots
    • IoT/Smart X
    • Software
    • Subscriber Devices
    • Video
  • Call Center/Command
    • Back
    • Call Center/Command
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • NG911
    • Alerting Systems
    • Analytics
    • Dispatch/Call-taking
    • Incident Command/Situational Awareness
    • Tracking, Monitoring & Control
  • Network Tech
    • Back
    • Network Tech
    • Interoperability
    • LMR 100
    • LMR 200
    • Backhaul
    • Deployables
    • Power
    • Tower & Site
    • Wireless Networks
    • Coverage/Interference
    • Security
    • System Design
    • System Installation
    • System Operation
    • Test & Measurement
  • Operations
    • Back
    • Operations
    • Critical Infrastructure
    • Enterprise
    • Federal Government/Military
    • Public Safety
    • State & Local Government
    • Training
  • Regulations
    • Back
    • Regulations
    • Narrowbanding
    • T-Band
    • Rebanding
    • TV White Spaces
    • None
    • Funding
    • Policy
    • Regional Coordination
    • Standards
  • Organizations
    • Back
    • Organizations
    • AASHTO
    • APCO
    • DHS
    • DMR Association
    • ETA
    • EWA
    • FCC
    • IWCE
    • NASEMSO
    • NATE
    • NXDN Forum
    • NENA
    • NIST/PSCR
    • NPSTC
    • NTIA/FirstNet
    • P25 TIG
    • TETRA + CCA
    • UTC
Urgent Communications
  • NEWSLETTER
  • Home
  • News
  • Multimedia
    • Back
    • Video
    • Podcasts
    • Omdia Crit Comms Circle Podcast
    • Galleries
    • IWCE’s Video Showcase
    • IWCE 2023 Pre-event Guide
    • IWCE 2022 Winter Showcase
  • Commentary
    • Back
    • All Things IWCE
    • Urgent Matters
    • View From The Top
    • Legal Matters
  • Resources
    • Back
    • Webinars
    • White Papers
    • Reprints & Reuse
    • UC eZines
    • Sponsored content
  • IWCE
    • Back
    • Conference
    • Why Attend
    • Exhibitor Listing
    • Floor Plan
    • Exhibiting Information
    • Join the Event Mailing List
  • About Us
    • Back
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Advertise
    • Cookie Policy
    • Terms of Service
    • Privacy Statement
  • Related Sites
    • Back
    • American City & County
    • IWCE
    • Light Reading
    • IOT World Today
    • TU-Auto
  • newsletter
  • In the field
    • Back
    • Internet of Things
    • Broadband Push-to-X
    • Project 25
    • Public-Safety Broadband/FirstNet
    • Virtual/Augmented Reality
    • Land Mobile Radio
    • Long Term Evolution (LTE)
    • Applications
    • Drones/Robots
    • IoT/Smart X
    • Software
    • Subscriber Devices
    • Video
  • Call Center/Command
    • Back
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • NG911
    • Alerting Systems
    • Analytics
    • Dispatch/Call-taking
    • Incident Command/Situational Awareness
    • Tracking, Monitoring & Control
  • Network Tech
    • Back
    • Cybersecurity
    • Interoperability
    • LMR 100
    • LMR 200
    • Backhaul
    • Deployables
    • Power
    • Tower & Site
    • Wireless Networks
    • Coverage/Interference
    • Security
    • System Design
    • System Installation
    • System Operation
    • Test & Measurement
  • Operations
    • Back
    • Critical Infrastructure
    • Enterprise
    • Federal Government/Military
    • Public Safety
    • State & Local Government
    • Training
  • Regulations
    • Back
    • Narrowbanding
    • T-Band
    • Rebanding
    • TV White Spaces
    • None
    • Funding
    • Policy
    • Regional Coordination
    • Standards
  • Organizations
    • Back
    • AASHTO
    • APCO
    • DHS
    • DMR Association
    • ETA
    • EWA
    • FCC
    • IWCE
    • NASEMSO
    • NATE
    • NXDN Forum
    • NENA
    • NIST/PSCR
    • NPSTC
    • NTIA/FirstNet
    • P25 TIG
    • TETRA + CCA
    • UTC
acc.com

Land Mobile Radio


News

L3Harris launches value-tier XL Connect P25 radio with Wi-Fi capability

L3Harris launches value-tier XL Connect P25 radio with Wi-Fi capability

  • Written by Donny Jackson
  • 3rd May 2021

L3Harris Technologies today unveiled the XL Connect 95 portable radio, the first in a series of XL Connect radios that are designed to deliver P25 connectivity at more affordable price points than the vendor’s XL-series devices, according to company officials.

Todd Perdieu, vice president of strategy for the L3Harris Technologies public-safety business, said the XL Connect series is designed to provide the same audio quality and user interface as the high-tier XL portfolio but at a lower price—in the case of the XL Connect 95, about 25% (or  $800) less.

“The XL series that we have in place today, we needed to extend that performance into this value tier, and the XL Connect series is our chance to do that,” Perdieu said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications.

“[The XL Connect 95] is a 700/800 MHz radio that has the RF agility of the XL series but also brings innovations such as Wi-Fi and device management into that value-tier space, which is a differentiator. That offers you PTT over Wi-Fi, as well as device management over Wi-Fi in that value-tier space, which I think our customers have been super anxious to get their hands on in that value tier.”

Nino DiCosmo, president of the L3Harris Technologies Public Safety and Professional Communications (PSPC) division, echoed this sentiment.

“With today’s challenging environment and tight budgets, customers require high-quality L3Harris radio technology in a more affordable configuration,” DiCosmo  said in a prepared statement. “The XL Connect provides a secure, reliable and flexible option  to enables customers to communicate  at an affordable price.”

Perdieu said the XL Connect 95 is expected to be the only XL Connect radio that will include the PTT-over-Wi-Fi functionality.

“That PTT over Wi-Fi and the device management over Wi-Fi starts to bridge some of the broadband performance in the value tier, which is differentiated generally in that tier,” Perdieu said. “We were able to keep the innovation at a high level with the Wi-Fi capability.

“To be able to do PTT over Wi-Fi really helps us in those RF-challenged environments, whether they are in-building situations or somewhere where you’re not getting your core LMR system coverage, but you do have Wi-Fi coverage. We do have some special facilities—sometimes government facilities—that exhibit those types of behaviors. You can still connect [via] our PTT over Wi-Fi solution and still have access to things like device management over Wi-Fi, as well.”

Jeremy Elder, director of product management at L3Harris Technologies, said features like GPS, Bluetooth, active noise cancellation and instant recall are standard features on the XL Connect 95, just as they are with the high-tier XL radios from L3Harris. In addition to P25 and Wi-Fi, the XL Connect is able to operate as an analog conventional FM radio, as a P25 conventional radio, and as an EDACS radio, which could make it an attractive choice for entities migrating from the legacy L3Harris LMR technology.

But there are differences between the XL Connect 95 and the high-tier XL radios, the most notable being the fact that the XL Connect 95 does not support LTE connectivity like the high-tier XL devices. There also are other XL features not included in the lower-cost XL Connect 95, Elder said.

“One big difference is that there’s no top display on the XL Connect 95,” Elder said during an interview with IWCE’s Urgent Communications. “With the XL-150, XL-185 and XL-200, there’s a large color display on the front, as well as a smaller color display on the top. This radio does not have a top color display. It’s also only offered in a single band, whereas the 200 is offered as a multiband [device].”

L3Harris officials believe the XL Connect 95 will appeal to users in several vertical markets, according to Elder.

“We see a lot of demand for a more simplified portable radio in the value tier,” he said. “We see a lot of demand for that from local government, from municipal and co-op utilities, from transportation, from education. We see a lot of demand in those markets for a radio that has similar capabilities to our XL line of radios. We believe the XL Connect will be a great fit for customers in those segments.”

Elder said the XL Connect 95 is available immediately.

 

Tags: homepage-featured-4 Applications Broadband Push-to-X Companies Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Enterprise Federal Government/Military Funding Land Mobile Radio Long Term Evolution (LTE) News Project 25 Public Safety Security Software Standards State & Local Government Subscriber Devices System Operation Tracking, Monitoring & Control News

Most Recent


  • Critical Bluetooth flaw exposes Android, Apple & Linux devices to takeover
    Attackers can exploit a critical Bluetooth security vulnerability that’s been lurking largely unnoticed for years on macOS, iOS, Android, and Linux device platforms. The keystroke injection vulnerability allows an attacker to control the targeted device as if they were attached by a Bluetooth keyboard, performing various functions remotely depending on the endpoint. Tracked as CVE-2023-45866, the flaw exists […]
  • Pro-Iran attackers access multiple water-facility controllers
    Critical infrastructure in multiple US states may have been compromised by Iran-affiliated attackers targeting programmable logic controllers (PLCs). A warning from the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), National Security Agency (NSA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Israel National Cyber Directorate comes after an attack was detected on a Pennsylvania water authority last week, where the […]
  • AT&T's $14B open-RAN commitment with Ericsson snubs Nokia
    AT&T said it plans to shift up to 70% of its wireless traffic to an open RAN network architecture by 2026 through a new agreement with vendor Ericsson. AT&T said the value of that new agreement could reach up to $14 billion over five years. The move represents a shift away from Nokia and positions Ericsson as […]
  • LA-RICS celebrates final acceptance of P25 system built by Motorola Solutions
    The Los Angeles Regional Interoperable Communications System (LA-RICS) announced its final acceptance of its much-anticipated Project 25 (P25) radio system built by Motorola Solutions during a ribbon-cutting ceremony conducted last month. LA-RICS Executive Director Scott Edson (pictured above, cutting the ribbon) said the Los Angeles region has “moved into the 21st Century, when it comes […]

Leave a comment Cancel reply

To leave a comment login with your Urgent Comms account:

Log in with your Urgent Comms account

Or alternatively provide your name, email address below:

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Related Content

  • Florida budget awards statewide P25 deal to L3Harris without bid, requires FirstNet interoperability
  • LTE-capable P25 radios from L3Harris receive FirstNet Ready certification
  • L3Harris developing more LMR-LTE solutions while celebrating first anniversary after merger
  • L3Harris to unveil device to meet new NFPA code in mid-May, source says

Commentary


Things to know about IWCE 2024: The basics 

5th December 2023

Land mobile radio (LMR) systems are just as vulnerable to cyberattacks as any other networks used in the public-safety sector. Here’s what to do about it.

  • 1
7th November 2023

September 3GPP Plenary meetings feature Release 18 progress, Release 19 beginnings

13th October 2023
view all

Events


UC Ezines


IWCE 2019 Wrap Up

13th May 2019
view all

Twitter


Newsletter

Sign up for UrgentComm’s newsletters to receive regular news and information updates about Communications and Technology.

Expert Commentary

Learn from experts about the latest technology in automation, machine-learning, big data and cybersecurity.

Business Media

Find the latest videos and media from the market leaders.

Media Kit and Advertising

Want to reach our digital and print audiences? Learn more here.

DISCOVER MORE FROM INFORMA TECH

  • American City & County
  • IWCE
  • Light Reading
  • IOT World Today
  • Mission Critical Technologies
  • TU-Auto

WORKING WITH US

  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Events
  • Careers

FOLLOW Urgent Comms ON SOCIAL

  • Privacy
  • CCPA: “Do Not Sell My Data”
  • Cookie Policy
  • Terms
Copyright © 2023 Informa PLC. Informa PLC is registered in England and Wales with company number 8860726 whose registered and Head office is 5 Howick Place, London, SW1P 1WG.