寻求窄带通信的休斯顿企业有了新的选择，pdvWireless昨天宣布，其DispatchPlus产品已市场上上市，并将于本月底达拉斯、亚特兰大和费城的其他三个城市上市
. pdvWireless首席执行官约翰·佩斯卡托雷一份事先准备好的声明中说：“我们很高兴能将DispatchPlus带到休斯敦市场，并很高兴地报告，性能和覆盖率方面，该网络的测试已经超出了我们的预期。”。
寻求窄带通信的休斯顿企业有了新的选择，pdvWireless昨天宣布，其DispatchPlus产品已市场上上市，并将于本月底达拉斯、亚特兰大和费城的其他三个城市上市
这些初始市场，pdvWireless将使用摩托罗拉解决方案公司的MotoTRBO窄带无线电技术，为企业提供900兆赫频段的LMR服务，太平洋数据视讯是pdvWireless的母公司，去年从Sprint购买的。除了私有的LMR产品外，pdvWireless客户还可以利用基于云的由Pacific DataVision开发的“ 增强型调度服务
pdvWireless首席执行官约翰·佩斯卡托雷一份事先准备好的声明中说：“我们很高兴能将DispatchPlus带到休斯敦市场，并很高兴地报告，性能和覆盖率方面，该网络的测试已经超出了我们的预期。”。“此外，我们的服务不仅包括广域推送通话，还包括基于云计算的业务解决方案，而且每月价格低廉。我们相信，与市场上其他商用双向无线电解决方案相比，这种组合使我们具有显著的竞争优势
“通过将高质量、无限制的按键通话访问与功能和易用性相结合，客户可以获得可观的收益和成本节约，如提高运营效率和提高生产率。”
佩斯卡托雷回复IWCE紧急通信问题的电子邮件中表示，pdvWireless的定价方式对客户而言将是“简单的”
“每月30美元的低价，DispatchPlus客户可获得无限的广域按键通话服务，并可全面访问我们的业务解决方案，包括员工跟踪、高级地理围栏，“员工状态图和公司的专利智能呼叫优先级，”Pescatore说。“除了传统的语音PTT和基于位置的解决方案，我们的应用程序允许客户使用双向无线电PTT网络之外进行通信，通过手机或任何电子邮件地址与个人或团体进行联系。”
随着pdvWireless其前四个市场部署窄带LMR系统，该公司也900兆赫频段推行宽带战略
上个月，pdvWireless和企业无线联盟（EWA）向FCC提出了规则，允许pdvWireless将其不同的900mhz窄带频谱许可证聚合成一个连续的3×3mhz带宽，以支持LTE等无线宽带技术。诉讼中的意见截止日期为6月29日，回复意见截止日期为7月14日
许多pdvWireless的官员都是Nextel通信公司的前雇员，他们熟悉pdvWireless宽带战略需要的再绑定过程。pdvWireless的官员表示，该公司希望将宽带业务瞄准公用事业和其他关键基础设施企业，这将为客户提供专用的、量身定做的网络，让企业制定流量优先政策
之前与PDV无线提案相关的诉讼中，公用事业公司对宽带提案一直持冷淡态度，对频谱重构过程、潜干扰问题以及PDV无线产品能否满足其需求表示担忧
Houston enterprises seeking narrowband communications have a new option, as pdvWireless yesterday announced that its DispatchPlus offering is commercially available in the market and will be available in three other cities—Dallas, Atlanta and Philadelphia—by the end of the month.
In these initial markets, pdvWireless will use Motorola Solutions’ MotoTRBO narrowband radio technology to provide enterprises with LMR service operating on 900 MHz spectrum that Pacific DataVision—the parent company of pdvWireless—purchased from Sprint last year. In addition to the private LMR offering, pdvWireless customers will be able to leverage the cloud-based suite of enhanced dispatch services developed by Pacific DataVision.
“We are excited to be bringing to the Houston market and are pleased to report that testing of the network has exceeded our expectations in terms of performance and coverage,” pdvWireless CEO John Pescatore said in a prepared statement. “Further, for one low monthly price, our service includes not only wide-area push-to-talk but also our cloud-based business solutions. We believe this combination gives us a significant competitive advantage when compared to other commercial two-way radio solutions available in the marketplace.
“By combining high-quality, unlimited access to push-to-talk with features and ease of use, customers can achieve substantial benefits and cost-savings, such as increased operational efficiencies and improved productivity.”
In an e-mail response to questions from IWCE’s Urgent Communications, Pescatore said that pdvWireless has structured its pricing in a manner that will be “simple” for customers.
“For one low monthly price of $30 per unit, DisptachPlus customers receive unlimited, wide area push-to-talk plus full access to our business solutions including workforce tracking, advanced geo-fencing, worker status mapping and the Company’s patented intelligent call prioritization,” Pescatore stated. “Beyond traditional voice PTT and location-based solutions,our application allows customers using a two-way radio to communicate beyond the PTT network, reaching individuals or groups on cellphones or at any e-mail address.”
As pdvWireless deploys narrowband LMR systems in its first four markets, the company also is pursuing a broadband strategy in the 900 MHz band.
Last month, pdvWireless and the Enterprise Wireless Alliance (EWA) proposed rules to the FCC that would let pdvWireless aggregate its disparate 900 MHz narrowband spectrum licenses into a contiguous 3×3 MHz swath that could support a wireless broadband technology such as LTE. Comments in the proceeding are due on June 29, and reply comments are due on July 14.
Many pdvWireless officials are former employees of Nextel Communication and are familiar with the rebanding process that the pdvWireless broadband strategy will require. Officials for pdvWireless have said the company wants to target utilities and other critical-infrastructure enterprises with its broadband offering, which will provide customers with private, build-to-suit networks that let the enterprises dictate traffic-priority policies.
In previous proceedings associated with the pdvWireless proposal, utilities have been lukewarm toward to the broadband proposal, expressing concerns about the spectrum-reconfiguration process, potential interference issues and whether the pdvWireless offering will meet their needs. |
