
Wireless Connectivity
Discover cutting-edge solutions from 13 leading global suppliersCommtact has confirmed it will be releasing the CommNet wireless communication solution early in 2023 to aid first responders with information relay during emergency situations.Ā
According to Commtact, CommNet will be able to effectively gather information from sensors, robots and drones with speed and precision, and will relay this information to emergency responders via video, voice and data in real time.
āTo help most effectively and to protect themselves, first responders need full and accurate information about what theyāre facing, and they need this information in real time. They need to see whatās happening as it happens, and to maintain contact with one another on a high quality network, secure from cyberattack,ā said Ariel Kandel, CEO of Commtact Ltd. āCommtactās knowledge and expertise come from its 18 yearsā experience in providing advanced, mission-critical wireless communications solutions for defense and security forces. Our innovative wireless systems are deployed in dozens of aerials, ground and naval platforms around the world, proving themselves daily in the field.ā
āWe aimed from the outset to be a one-stop shop for comprehensive wireless and data-link products, systems and applications, so weāve always kept our design, development and manufacturing practices and processes broad and flexible,ā said Kandel. āOur proprietary technologies comprise radio-frequency modules, transmitters, receivers, digital modems, antennas, tracking systems, software and firmware packages, integrated digital and analog data-link systems and specially tailored wireless communication solutions for aerial, naval and ground applications.ā
āItās this technology knowledge that weāre now bringing to first responders as CommNet,ā said Dror Hacohen, Commtactās vice president for sales & marketing. āWith our vast experience in the field, where criteria for performance and quality are very high, we were able to develop a reliable, relevant system whose costs are relatively modest and is based on technology deployment for over a decade. This all puts us at the very front.ā
Based on the companyās experience in the military sector, CommNet can connect large numbers of responders across several kilometers, through video, audio and data. It operates over a wide spectrum of radio frequencies and channel widths, delivering its high throughput over a secure private network.
āIt gives first responders an independent, reliable, real-time mobile communications network on which to share information alongside constant situational awareness without time lapse,ā said Kandel. āIt enables them to coordinate, understand conditions instantly, ascertain whether there are human casualties. Even with a large number of users, it provides consistently high quality of service. Put more succinctly: it saves lives.ā
CommNet is the first civilian product-line born of Commtactās long experience in the defense sector. A second, now being readied, will be for complex high-end industries which rely heavily on automation but whose communications infrastructures are suboptimal, such as air and sea ports. The new system is designed to help their operational and support teams with safety issues irrespective of the existing infrastructure.
āWhile the communications perspective for industry and first response is of course very different from that of the defense sector, the quality of services is the same,ā said Hacohen. āCompanies worldwide, from Europe to the Far East, are waiting for our civilian solutions.ā
āAnd thatās not where weāll stop,ā added Kandel. āWe see a place for our data-link technology throughout the civilian market, our systems continually upgrading and developing in pace RF technological advance. As a world leader in wireless communication, we see Commtact’s systems embedded in all robotics systems, interfacing with artificial intelligence and other advanced technologies.ā