Broadband  |  2023-11-27

Handsfree Group R5 Fixed Vehicle Device on Full Display at PMRExpo

Source: The Critical Communications Review | Gert Jan Wolf editor

Handsfree Group’s Technical Director, James Fletcher will be available on long-time partner, pei tel Communications GmbH’s Stand F034/G035 in Hall 8 on Wednesday 29th this week.

As 2023 draws to a close and the nights grow longer and colder across Europe, there is still one more opportunity for public safety agencies and other critical users to witness a full demonstration of Handsfree Group’s revolutionary R5 Fixed Vehicle Device at one of Europe’s most prestigious professional communications events, PMRExpo, which returns for another year to the Koelnmesse, Cologne, Germany from November 28th – 30th.

This year’s PMRExpo promises to be the largest yet with as many as 235 exhibitors from 25 countries, combined with a high-quality 3-day summit dealing with all the major themes concerning today and tomorrow’s mission-critical and business-critical users such as cybersecurity, public safety broadband networks, private networks and 5G. PMRExpo therefore presents another perfect opportunity for Handsfree Group to demonstrate the unique strengths of their R5 Fixed Vehicle Device to critical users in the process of moving to more powerful, complete, future-proof next-generation solutions.

Handsfree Group’s Technical Director, James Fletcher will be available on long-time partner, pei tel Communications GmbH’s Stand F034/G035 in Hall 8 on Wednesday 29th this week. Handsfree Group and pei tel have been collaborating to showcase high-quality critical communications products for the past 13 years. pei tel are well known within the industry for manufacturing their own high-quality acoustic audio accessories to the strictest German standards and will also be demonstrating their PT6 in-vehicle broadband cab phone with equally exceptional levels of voice quality.

Handsfree’s R5 is so much more than just another in-vehicle device. With its clear display and programmable buttons, the R5 also offers a complete mission critical LTE solution with integrated PTT, voice, data and video. Its unique OneView software suite turns the R5 into a complete, rich communications platform, allowing organisations to declutter their vehicle dashboards by controlling multiple systems beyond simple mission critical LTE, including lights and siren control, mapping, ANPR (automatic number plate recognition), vehicle checks, event recording etc.

As critical users move from legacy narrowband solutions such as TETRA towards to full 3GPP-compliant LTE & future 5G solutions, the full integration and operability of mission critical services (MCX) becomes increasingly important to their critical operations. With this in mind, Handsfree R5 comes fully integrated with major supplier solutions such as Motorola Kodiak, Airbus Agnet as well as pei tel PTT. Of course, visitors will also be able to try out all these solutions for themselves.

R5 has established itself as the clear market leader in the United Kingdom in its field over the past 3 years, with full approval from UK Home Office’s Emergency Services Network (ESN) programme and extensive testing by real end-user public safety agencies. The device has more recently found its way into a wide range of global markets including the European mainland, North America, Middle East and even Oceania, demonstrating its global appeal.

As public safety agencies and other critical users in Germany and across Europe continue to move forward with modernisation efforts, Handsfree Group and pei tel Communications continue to combine their respective strengths to offer the best in-vehicle device and accessories currently available on the market. Visitors to PMRExpo Cologne this week will have yet another opportunity to test out the R5. Don’t miss this final chance for 2023.