T-Mobile (NASDAQ: TMUS) introduced T-Mobile Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT) and says the product is available this month. A new addition to the T-Mobile Direct Connect portfolio, T-Mobile MCPTT is integrated with the Motorola Solutions’ Critical Connect service to make it easier than for agencies and businesses to get redundancy, resiliency and end-to-end encryption with secure messaging and emergency alerts.
T-Mobile MCPTT is designed for the needs of first responders and other workers in the field. While it is purpose-built for rugged devices, it is also available as an app for smartphones and tablets. AT&T (NYSE: T) and Verizon (NYSE: VZ) also offer PTT services, according to Mobile World Live.
T-Mobile MCPTT offers benefits such as:
- Administrators only need an afternoon vs. several days to create hundreds of user profiles with necessary permissions and give access to key talkgroups.
- Always-on Wireless Priority Service (WPS). WPS provides priority connection for push-to-talk and data traffic nationwide on the T-Mobile network. This provides priority access and preemption for eligible companies and first responder agencies when networks are temporarily overloaded or impaired.
- T-Mobile MCPTT interoperates with land mobile radio (LMR) systems, extending push-to-talk capabilities to users without radios or that travel outside LMR coverage areas. Agencies and businesses can leverage the T-Mobile cellular network through industry-standard connections such as Radio over IP gateway, the Inter-RF Subsystem Interface or Console Subsystem Interface, according to the carrier.
- T-Mobile MCPTT offers video streaming as well as data services like location-sharing in the field so first responders or employees can give real-time updates on key activities.
- 5G cellular coverage, with more 5G coverage than Verizon and AT&T combined, claims the carrier.
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