Public safety
The public safety sector relies on innovative technologies to shield citizens from preventable injuries and dangers. All aspects of public safety operations can be enhanced by 4G and 5G network solutions that improve response times and increase day-to-day efficiency.
Protecting the people
For emergency service teams, reliable communication is crucial. With mission-critical broadband at their disposal, public safety personnel and relevant command and control centers can cross-communicate more efficiently, transmit important data securely via on-person devices, and bolster their situational awareness during dangerous situations.
In some cases, the difference between a reliable and unreliable network could be the difference between life and death. To ensure high standards of public safety, emergency services of all kinds – including police forces, firefighting squads and emergency medical services – are transitioning to a more capable and reliable communications network.
Ericsson’s cellular technology is empowering public safety response teams to:
In the spotlight
An expanded and secure ecosystem
The mobile technologies and communications standards that underpin the day-to-day operations of public safety teams can determine the quality of their performance in moments of crisis. The transition from legacy systems towards mission critical broadband and enhanced situational awareness starts with mission critical LTE networks, and to prepare for the switch to the mission critical 5G standard, public safety organizations will first implement 5G mobile technology as an addition.
Most public safety organizations currently make use of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) for network communication. The migration to mission-critical 4G already enhances critical operations with data-rich devices and applications. 5G will further enable a much larger, open and fully secure ecosystem and ensure network performance to help save more lives.
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A more capable network and shorter response times
The unpredictable nature of emergencies makes immediate response a necessity – regardless of the situation at hand.
Society entrusts its public safety services with being as effective as possible, making response teams highly dependent on a reliable network for transmitting secure communications wherever needed throughout the day. A more capable network expands the possibilities of a response team’s operations so that they can always act with total precision.
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Using data as a tool
The situational awareness that a fast and intelligent network provides means emergency services can be more informed and capable than ever before.
Given the vital importance of protecting the public from harm, emergency services that depend on a reliable network must also enforce strong cybersecurity measures to obstruct malicious actors from disrupting public stability.
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