American Security Today September Digital Magazine September 2016 | Page 56

Volume 7

AT&T Enhances Interoperability for
Public Safety Networks

September 2016 Edition
Customers can connect their LMR networks to
AT&T Enhanced Push-to-Talk to extend coverage
and communications nationwide. AT&T Enhanced
Push-to-Talk also meets the requirements of the
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
Publication 140-2. FIPS is a U.S. government computer security standard used to test and validate
product security.
The end-to-end solution also integrates AT&T Dynamic Traffic Management to provide priority call
treatment and network access based on Quality of
Service network technology.

Walt Rivenbark, associate vice president of Advanced Mobile
Solutions, AT&T

First responders, transportation agencies and public departments depend on interoperable Land Mobile Radio (LMR) solutions to connect and communicate.
AT&T* understands this need and now supports
Inter-RF Subsystem Interface (ISSI), an IP-based,
open-standard connection – APCO Project 25
(P25). APCO P25 is the standard for connectivity
among public sector and public safety networks.
This follows closely on the heels of our support for
CSSI. Announced earlier this year, CSSI lets customers connect dispatch console systems.

“With ISSI, the geographic and technological restrictions of LMR are a thing of the past,” said Walt
Rivenbark, associate vice president of Advanced
Mobile Solutions, AT&T. “We’re the first major U.S.
wireless carrier to offer ISSI and CSSI connectivity
to more than 2,500 public safety networks.”

(Learn More, courtesy of AT&T Enterprise and YouTube)

“We expect this solution to change how public entities think about their radio services. They can now
communicate virtually whenever, wherever they
need to. And the solution complements their existing systems with Enhanced Push-to-Talk’s costeffective and user-friendly functionality,” Rivenbark
said.

(As one of the country’s leading providers of IP-based communications services with the nation’s fastest mobile broadband network, AT&T is uniquely positioned to support public
safety agencies from Call to Car to Crisis. Courtesy of AT&T
Enterprise and YouTube)

We’re piloting ISSI with several customers, including the city of Richardson. The Texascity is deploying LMR interoperable EPTT devices to its mission
support teams.
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