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IMPULSE Wireless blog about communications, 3G, 4G LTE, radio and technology.
Coverage maps and technical specifications accurate as of 25th July 2018 from publicly available information* Icom device specs re-checked 8th July 2020 ...
Wed, 8 Jul, 2020 at 10:22 AM
Most people don't consider the security of their two-way communications. With the recent cyber attacks on Microsoft and Latitude Financial affecting mor...
Sun, 25 Jun, 2023 at 9:45 PM
We have heard from a number of radio users lately who mistakenly think that because they are using digital two-way radio, their transmissions can’t be liste...
Fri, 30 Dec, 2022 at 10:27 PM
PTT over LTE communication provides cost-effective communications superior to digital radio, as well as the ability to use a single device for two-way commu...
Sun, 10 Jan, 2021 at 10:04 PM
One of the most frequent questions we receive is, "if you are using Telstra as your backbone, what happens if the network goes down or is congested, li...
Tue, 3 Nov, 2020 at 6:56 AM
What happened to Australia’s National Strategic Radio System? The 2019/2020 bushfire season had many casualties, including communications networks. Howe...
Wed, 17 Jun, 2020 at 12:15 PM
The Mission-Critical problem for PTT is the reliance on the underlying network. This is dealt with in a number of ways in the MCPTT standard: - eMBMS pr...
Mon, 20 Jan, 2020 at 9:05 AM
A number of global PTT vendors are touting their solutions as MCPTT with no caveats. Some are even claiming to offer "MISSION CRITICAL PUSH TO TALK ACR...
Thu, 31 Oct, 2019 at 11:43 AM
Many people don't realise how much work is involved in maintaining software and the reasons for it. In the "good old days," you'd bui...
Tue, 22 Oct, 2019 at 12:53 PM
LTE – or 4G, as it is more commonly known – is crucial when it comes to reliable PTT (or PoC) communications. Before the rollout of 4G, PTT communications w...
Thu, 10 Oct, 2019 at 6:50 PM