What is Mission Critical Push-to-Talk?
Mission Critical Push-to-Talk (MCPTT) offers FirstNet users public safety-grade group communications, delivering a familiar LMR audio experience with enhanced situational awareness capabilities only available on LTE and 5G. MCPTT delivers on our promise to modernize public safety communications and continue to evolve to meet mission critical standards. With MCPTT, you can:
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Capabilities
Modernize LMR with added video, location and data services while retaining reliable two-way PTT capabilities. And receive the highest level of traffic prioritization* on the FirstNet network. *Other than mandated emergency calling. -
Coverage
Expand beyond the limits of local Land Mobile Radio (LMR) systems with nationwide coverage, on the only network built with and for public safety. -
Consistency
Adopt known and familiar LMR functionality and principles with always-on priority for consistent performance. -
Collaboration
Facilitate mutual aid requests and communication between dispatchers, first responders, and command staff on cellular and LMR platforms. -
Security
Meet your requirements for performance and reliability with a highly secure service, engineered with geo-redundancy and 24/7/365 monitoring to guard against physical and cyber threats. -
Control
Dynamically provision talk group functions, and share inter-agency resources for near real-time cross-collaboration.
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Talk to your team with confidence in your audio quality, built to 3GPP mission critical standards
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Communicate seamlessly between MCPTT and LMR users
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Improve situational awareness with enhanced location, streaming video, and secure messaging capabilities
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Free up LMR capacity, and save on device costs
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Connect with other agencies - across town or across the country - via mutual aid requests
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Ongoing FirstNet network investment designed to address the needs of public safety

When your communications are mission critical
Get all the details about the transformative potential of MCPTT.
Offering two Mission Critical Push-to-Talk solutions
FirstNet Rapid Response
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Our premier mission critical PTT offering
Built on a 90-year foundation of Land Mobile Radio (LMR) innovation and leadership, with rich-media service that enhance situational awareness.
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User experience and features that LMR users demand
Includes a full range of LMR-LTE interop solutions and familiar operation and features like user profiles, talk group scanning and remote affiliation.
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Broadest portfolio of wireless devices
Select the right smartphone, feature phones or purpose-built device for the right team.
FirstNet Push-to-Talk
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True network-integrated broadband PTT service
Receives the highest call priority on the FirstNet network, nationwide.
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Designed for ease-of-use
Send mutual aid requests to neighboring agencies with a click of a mouse. Admins have more control with easily users and talk group management.
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Innovation at its core
Built to meet all 3GPP mission critical standards, and to allow native integration with third party solutions.
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