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The future of unified critical communications
A critical communications system requires many parts: dispatch, portable radios, core network, security management, and more. When looking to purchase a new system, the questions can be daunting: Who...
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Choice: The Force Multiplier for Public Safety
By Geoff Peck, Technology and Solution Architect, Tait Communications. There’s a line in the latest James Bond film, Skyfall, where 007′s tech support guy, Q, says: “I can get more done in my pajamas...
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Managed Services — Success is deciding what not to do
By Judd Cain, Executive VP Global Managed Services, Tait Communications. “People think focus means saying yes to the thing you’ve got to focus on. But that’s not what it means at all. It means saying...
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When three is better than one — combining the powers of public and private...
Anyone who has experienced first-hand a disaster like a severe storm or earthquake will distinctly remember those fleeting moments directly after the event — grabbing your cell-phone to call your...
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CIO’s Perspective: A strategic approach to radio technology — Part 1
In this two-part series, John Emerson, Chief Information Officer at Tait Communications, looks at what a CIO needs to know when considering a radio communication system. The ubiquitous cellphone works...
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CIO’s Perspective: A strategic approach to radio technology — Part 2
In this two-part series, John Emerson, Chief Information Officer at Tait Communications, looks at what a CIO needs to know when considering a radio communication system. Last week, in Part 1, we...
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The Great Commission
A look back on 25 years of commissioning MPT Trunked networks around the world. By Jason Cox, Senior System Manager, Tait Communications. My first real commissioning trip was to China in the early 90s....
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Expert Panel: No Single Point of Failure?
What it means, how it’s done, and how you decide what you need — a panel of three Tait experts share their knowledge on the subject. The spectral efficiencies, interoperability and data transmission...
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Under the Hood — Specifying voice quality for your digital network
By Scott Quintavalle, Vice-President Systems Engineering , Tait Communications. When Public Safety radio networks were analog, life was a lot simpler. There was little variation in the way audio was...
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Brains beat brawn in radio linking
By Paul Daigneault, Chief Executive Officer, MiMOMax. A common misconception among radio professionals is that a large bandwidth is needed when linking analog and digital PMR base-station sites....
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Beyond Bluetooth™
By Trish Messiter, CEO, Clarinox Technologies & Anthony Lister, Senior Systems Designer, Tait Communications. Long-term value from short-range connectivity; wire-free and hands-free possibilities...
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Closing the gap between IT and Radio
John Emerson, Global CIO at Tait Communications, has a special message for CIOs of Public Safety and Utility organizations. “I came to Tait last year with a professional background in the fields of...
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How Simulcast works — greater coverage with fewer frequencies
Simulcast (simultaneous broadcasting) means multiple base stations transmitting the same voice (or data) signal on the same frequency at the same time. This means that every frequency pair – probably...
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Tait’s premier digital solutions on exhibition in Paris and Cologne
Join us at Milipol, Paris (19-22 November 2013) and PMRexpo, Cologne (26-28 November 2013) as we showcase our premier digital solutions for Mission Critical Communications. These events represent the...
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Managed Services: Simplify, Optimize, and Maximize your Critical...
Critical Communications has become increasingly complex. It’s no longer just about Land Mobile Radio, organizations must also consider LTE, cellular, IP, and more. At Tait, we have over 40 years of...
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European experts discuss communications strategies for utilities
A few weeks back, Tait Communications and Land Mobile hosted a panel of European radio comms experts at New Zealand House in London for a roundtable discussion on future strategies for the utilities...
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P25 Offers Flexibility In Operational Design
P25 enjoys an almost unique capability in its ability to operate as a conventional, trunked, or simulcast system. As public safety agencies have already discovered, it is fairly straightforward from an...
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DMR and dPMR — Open Digital Radio Standards
GSM cellphone technology, APCO P25 in United States public safety, TETRA in Europe and DMR worldwide are examples of successful digital standards. Successful standards bring real advantages. When...
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CFA achieves “extraordinary success” with complex radio upgrade project
Following the 2009 Black Saturday bushfire disaster in Victoria, Australia, the Country Fire Authority (CFA) sought to upgrade its state-wide critical communications system, prompted by recommendations...
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P25 Best Practice website goes live
We are happy to announce the launch of our P25 Best Practice website complete with the first four P25 Best Practice guides: First steps to your P25 system Specifying your P25 system Procuring your P25...
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