Motorola Solutions and Verizon Wireless have entered in alliance to bring the LTE advantagesto public safety customers across the United States. This solution combines a private public safety-controlled broadband network tailored for mission critical operations with the benefits of the most extensive and reliable commercial networks in the country.

As a result of this alliance, public safety agencies may benefit from economies of scale and optimized network design that can be customized for their requirements. The alliance allows agencies to supplement their mission critical core platforms with the rich media services, and the increased capacity and coverage of Verizon Wireless’ 4G LTE network.

This solution offers public safety agencies access to real-time management and control, enhanced nationwide roaming, and site sharing of existing mobile broadband sites for rapid deployment and economies of scale.

Leveraging standards-based LTE, Public Safety LTE networks deliver the priority, security and control demanded in critical operations while integrating with mission critical voice and public carrier networks for unprecedented public safety capabilities.

“We are committed to investing in the development of critical innovations – based on a fully standards-compliant LTE architecture – to offer economies of scale and meet the unique public safety functionality requirements. Motorola Solutions’ Public Safety LTE solution includes innovative multiband LTE devices and real-time device management and control. When combined with the extensive network coverage and site sharing offered through Verizon Wireless, we’ll deliver an incomparable solution which will bring tremendous benefits to the public safety community including interoperability and secure public/private roaming,” said Bob Schassler, senior vice president, Radio Solutions, Motorola Solutions.