Improved mission-critical LTE from Nokia

Advanced communications for first responders will be improved as Nokia enables faster adoption of mission-critical LTE.

Nokia’s ViTrust device software customisation service will be expanded to help accelerate agency adoption of Android-based devices for first responders.

First responders benefit from a familiar interface designed to provide vital information at a glance, saving time in emergency situations when every second counts.

Nokia’s expertise in end-to-end LTE solutions across devices, operating systems, applications and network nodes helps ensure reliability for real-time video and other mission-critical broadband applications, integrated with custom-built firmware. The build is hardened for security and incorporates features like device data encryption and controlled access to external sources like application stores.

“The success of moving to broadband-based critical communications requires deep technological and operational expertise,” said Asad Rizvi, head of Nokia’s global business development in Global Services.

“Leveraging our systems experience, technical expertise and in-house tools, these new services address agency-specific requirements to help public safety agencies rapidly adopt and take advantage of the possibilities of mission-critical broadband.”

Care for public safety is a service to ensure that the most demanding communications needs of public safety organisations are fulfilled.

One European operator is already using this service and seeing the benefits of reduced operational and downtime risks, with service levels stabilising faster than before and fulfilling public safety requirements.

In addition to these two new services, Nokia’s innovations for public safety also include rapid verification of mission-critical network coverage levels along major roads and railway tracks by mining crowd-sourced performance data using the Nokia AVA platform.

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