At the upcoming IWCE 2024 in Orlando, the DMRA discusses the fact that relying solely on the latest tech can be risky, especially when facing challenging situations or crises.

Strong allure may emanate from the "latest technology" for LMR stakeholders. Enhancing efficiency, functionality, and innovation can present an extremely alluring prospect. However, it is hazardous to depend exclusively on cutting-edge technology, particularly in the face of difficult circumstances or crises.

Brian Seedle poses the following question to the audience: "Is it feasible to augment the recommended 4G, 5G, LTE, PoC, and MCPTT networks for first responders with an authentic critical wide area backup system that is impregnable and impervious to catastrophes such as fire, flood, power grid failure, public network disruption, and complete loss of data—all without expending billions of dollars?"

Who is the speaker, Brian Seedle?
Brian Seedle (MSc) has been working in the LMR industry for over 40 years. Brian has been responsible for the design and implementation of digital, infrastructure architecture particularly specialising in narrow band LMR. Brian is the chairman of the U.K Trunking Standards Maintenance Group, a member of ETSI ERM/ETSI TGDMR Group, and a referee for the Science and Engineering Research Council. Brian has been writing Open Standards for analogue and digital LMR since 1988 and is currently the lead author for the ETSI DMR Tier III Standard. Brian is a director of the DMR Association and a member of the DMR Technical Working Group.