Swissphone presents the newest solutions for public safety

Swissphone is a leading provider of alerting and communication solutions for public safety organisations. Founded in 1969, the family-owned Swiss company has since set the standard in alerting and critical messaging. Over 250 employees throughout Europe and the rest of the world develop, produce and deploy POCSAG networks and pagers, as well as software solutions for resource management and critical messaging.

Disaster-proven paging

Swissphone is the number one supplier for digital paging solutions worldwide. The company has more than one million pagers in the field, running for many years due to their renowned high quality.

DiCal is the digital paging system developed and manufactured by Swissphone. It is designed to meet the specific needs of public safety organisations. DiCal is developed for anyone who cannot take the risk in having a single communication system which may fail in a crisis. That is, anyone who needs redundancy and a fallback scenario in case of a breakdown of IP backhauls or power supplies. For example, public safety, from regional up to nationwide alerting networks: firefighters, police, rescue services, organisations with many volunteer personnel, such as sea rescue, mountain rescue, industrial sites (with on-site paging) such as large production plants (food, automobile, logistics), hospitals, airports, oil platforms or cruise ships.

DiCal systems are designed and engineered to provide maximum indoor paging coverage across an entire district. In a disaster situation, when one or several connections in a simulcast solution are disrupted or interrupted, the radio network automatically switches to fall back operating mode. Full functionality is preserved at all times.

State of the art pager

Swissphone offers high-quality pagers, very robust and waterproof. They have the best sensitivity in the industry, and battery autonomy of up to three months. First responders may choose between a smart s.QUAD pager, which is able to connect with a smartphone, the Hurricane DUO pager, the only digital pager that offers text-to-voice functionality, or the RES.Q with integrated GSM module which enables users to send a response, status message or status request.

Bluetooth technology makes it possible to connect the s.QUAD with a compatible smartphone, and ultimately with various s.ONE software solutions from Swissphone. Thanks to Bluetooth pairing, the s.QUAD combines the reliability of an independent paging system with the benefits of a commercial cellular network. Dispatched team members can respond back to the call, directly from the pager. The alert message is sent to the pager via paging and cellular at the same time. This hybrid solution makes the alert faster and even more secure.

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To put it in a nutshell

Swissphone sets new standards in paging:

Paging Network

• It’s much faster to send individual and stacked pages digitally than with analog voice.
• If you want better indoor coverage, you put sites closer together at lower heights.
• A self-healing system that also remains reliable in various disaster situations.
• Place base stations where you need them, without the usage of an expensive backhaul network.
• Protect victim confidentiality and prevent unauthorized use of public safety communications, with integrated encryption service.

Pager

• Reliable message reception, thanks to the best sensitivity in the industry.
• Ruggedized and waterproof, IP67 and 2 metre drop test-certified products.
• Battery autonomy of up to three months, with a standard AA battery.
• Bluetooth enables the new s.QUAD pager to respond back to the dispatch center or fire chief.

Dispatching

• Two-way CAD interfaces will make dispatching much easier.
• The new s.ONE solution enables the dispatcher or fire chiefs to view the availability of relief forces.
• A graphical screen shows how many of the dispatched team members have responded to the call.

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For further information:

Swissphone Wireless AG

Fälmisstrasse 21

CH-8833 Samstagern

Tel: +41 44 786 77 70

Email: info@swissphone.com

Or

UNICOM

Oswin Slade

Tel: +61 3 9543 5144

Email: oswin@unicompl.com