Thales's Liberty Radio and the Super Bowl

February 6, 2012 - The Liberty^™ Multiband Land Mobile Radio was used successfully by various Federal agencies for interoperable communications at Super Bowl XLVI. Thales deployed and supported a cache of more than 100 radios, which allowed government agencies and first responders to communicate with each other using a variety of networks in different frequency bands during the event.

The ability for government agencies and first responders to communicate with each other during both planned and unplanned events is critical for security, emergency services, and law enforcement, but interoperability remains a major challenge. In order to communicate, users have had to carry multiple radios, each transmitting over separate and discrete frequency bands. To meet this challenge, Thales developed the Liberty radio, which enables multi-agency communications in all of the public safety frequency bands in a single portable radio. It operates in Project 25 (P25) conventional, P25 trunked, and legacy analog modes with DES, AES, and OTAR. The radio is certified intrinsic safe, has MILSPEC metal housing, and is submersible to two meters. Very importantly, it is easy to use, easy to train, and quick to deploy. The radio is manufactured at our Clarksburg, Maryland, facilities.

This is not the first time the Liberty radio was in service for a national security event. Others have included President Obama's inauguration, the Kentucky Derby, and the Oscars.

For more information about communications at the Super Bowl: http://www.ktvb.com/home/Boise-firefighter-helps-make-Super-Bowl-safer-event-138751214.html "Experts say Super Bowl 46 in Indianapolis is probably the most technology protected Super Bowl in the history of the game."

For more information about the Liberty radio: http://www.thalescomminc.com/lmr/liberty.asp (Description and Product Information)

The Thales Liberty Multiband Land Mobile Radio

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