SATRAD enables public safety, first responders, police and firefighters to stay in touch and get their jobs done virtually anywhere in North America. Providing two-way group communications capability, SATRAD allows one user to talk to multiple users, or users can conduct private one to one conversations. The SATRAD service is a cost effective alternative to installing, maintaining, and relocating land-based two-way satellite radio communications systems.

The SATRAD network acts much the same as a radio tower, turning the entire continent into a single cell and transmitting signals to and receiving signals from subscribers on the ground. SATRAD relies on establishing talk groups – sets of users who share a common radio channel. Each SATRAD terminal can support up to 15 talk groups. Users can belong to more than one talk group and each talk group can include as many as 10,000 members. Users also have the ability to dial-in to a talk group from the PSTN or dial-out from a talk group to the PSTN.

SATRAD Benefits:

• Provides full two-way satellite radio service across North America on LightSquared Skyterra 1
• Interoperates with existing UHF/VHF radios and dispatch console systems. Talk groups can be configured to allow for interagency communications between local, regional, and national emergency response organizations.
• Enables auto-failover from radio to satellite network in the event of terrestrial communications failures
• Provides voice acceleration technology and console integration so that both field staff and console operators need not change their standard operating procedures when using the SATRAD systems
• Offers a stand-alone console system for mobile or emergency backup console operations
• SATRAD can be deployed quickly and is based on a flat rate per month for unlimited push-to-talk service. Not only can you implement the service almost overnight, you don’t have to build and maintain your own private network, which minimizes capital costs and eliminates network support costs altogether.

SATRAD systems can be installed in vehicles or in portable kits and fixed mount systems to accommodate a variety of usage scenarios.

• Command & Mobile Systems - SATRAD systems for deployment in vehicles and for your dispatch operations
• System Enclosures – SATRAD emergency deployment, go-kits and wall-mount kits for fixed site installations
• Command Integration Systems - SATRAD technology to integrate push-to-talk via satellite with your existing Land Mobile Radio dispatch console
• Mobile Integration Systems - SATRAD technology for mobile units for cross-band interfaces to Land Mobile Radios, network bridges for auto-failover

Contact Network Innovations today, and we will help you configure a SATRAD solution that is right for you.