Vertex Standard Digital Radios Now Shipping to EMEA
Vertex Standard announced the Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) launch of its VXD series conventional digital land mobile radios, providing a new digital choice for users.
“The new VXD series enables analog radio users to gradually upgrade to digital as needed to make the most of their radio investments,” said Paul De Carte, EMEA distribution director for Vertex Standard. “The portable and mobile radios operate in both analog and digital modes making conversion to digital flexible and easy. If budget is an issue, users can gradually evolve from analog to digital as required to best address their functional and financial needs.”
As a founding member of the Digital Mobile Radio (DMR) Association, Vertex Standard is offering digital radio technology based on the DMR protocol. The protocol is the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) DMR Tier 2 open standard, which assures long-term stability and provides end users with a choice of interchangeable digital equipment to maximize productivity and return on investment.
“When switching to digital, customers need to understand that the operating protocol is an important factor for supporting a more dynamic and flexible digital radio system,” said De Carte. “Unlike analog where any brand of radio can be used together, not all digital radios are the same — the radios can only communicate if operating on the same protocol. The VXD Series is designed to work with other DMR TDMA radios, so users benefit by getting more choices of interchangeable digital equipment.”
The Vertex Standard series successfully completed the DMR Association’s interoperability testing, which validated digital performance compatibility with both MOTOTRBO and Selex Communications digital radios. The VXD series includes the VXD-720 portable radio, VXD-7200 mobile radio and VXD-R70 repeater.
Source: rrmediagroup.com
