NEW YORK, June 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Rivada
Mercury, a U.S. company formed by global communications industry
leaders with deep technology and public safety experience, today
announced the world-class team that is bidding to build America's
first nationwide 4G LTE broadband wireless network for public
safety. Bringing unmatched technology capabilities in the right
areas needed to successfully deliver FirstNet, combined with
experience serving the public safety community, the Rivada Mercury
team (www.rivadamercury.com) of world class industry leaders
include:
- Rivada Networks – A proven innovator with a unique
technology and business approach to maximizing the use of spectrum
via on-demand capacity sharing, allocation and prioritization.
- Harris Corporation – Brings decades of experience
in public-safety communications and mission-critical voice and data
communications.
- Ericsson – A global leader in LTE networks and network
solutions.
- Nokia – A global leader in LTE networks and
network solutions.
- Intel Security – A global authority on enterprise-level
network threat detection, protection and prevention.
- Fujitsu Network Communications – The primary backhaul
design and deployment provider for Rivada Mercury's purpose-built
FirstNet network. The company is also providing supply chain and
logistics management, including integration support for this entire
network. Fujitsu has been a key partner in Band 14 Early Build
projects such as JerseyNet and other early adopters.
- Black & Veatch – One of the largest
telecom-construction firm in the U.S. and provider of engineering
services for building telecommunications infrastructure.
Together, these organizations have proposed to build a
nationwide dedicated mission critical LTE network in the 700 MHz
spectrum licensed to FirstNet. Rivada Mercury offers a
purpose-built, best-of-breed solution that aligns with FirstNet's
vision for a nationwide, interoperable voice and data network for
public safety, and offers an innovative business model that ensures
long term financial viability of that network. Rivada Mercury is a
carrier-neutral, public-safety-first approach that guarantees first
responders priority access during emergencies while simultaneously
creating new opportunities for the commercial wireless market.
"The Rivada Mercury team is comprised of proven technology
companies—each leaders in their field with unmatched technology
capabilities and experience serving the public safety community
with innovative and forward-leaning solutions," said
Joe Euteneuer, CEO, Rivada
Mercury. "Our team's approach to FirstNet offers many benefits
for America's public safety community, namely we will provide
public safety with a purpose-built Band 14 network and immediate
turn-key access to the largest non-Band 14 coverage footprint in
the U.S."
Innovative Approach
Rivada Mercury brings the expertise, financial stability and
sustainable business model that will subsidize the cost of building
and operating FirstNet's nationwide LTE network. That network will
use state-of-the-art tools and a proven approach that leverages
existing partner infrastructure to speed deployment and reduce
cost.
A key differentiator for Rivada Mercury is the innovative use of
Rivada's pioneering Dynamic Spectrum Arbitrage (DSA) technology
that enables the dynamic selling of excess critical-grade network
capacity to commercial tenants without risk of interfering with
first responders' broadband access. The use of DSA gives public
safety the ability to share and allocate bandwidth among enterprise
tenants.
"As a pioneer in dynamic spectrum arbitrage, Rivada Mercury's
innovative technology will both fund the FirstNet build out and
sustained operation and maintenance by selling excess capacity to
commercial users," said Euteneuer.
Rivada Mercury's proposed open-access, market-based approach has
benefits that go well beyond financing the first responders'
dedicated network. An open-access market enables traditional
carriers to optimize their bandwidth-use financially and
operationally as never before possible.
"By every measure—strength of technology, sustainability of the
business model and ability to deliver on customers' needs—Rivada
Mercury is the strongest possible combination for public safety,
policymakers and investors alike," said Dr. Dennis Martinez, Chief Technology Officer,
Harris Public Safety and Professional Communications. "By
developing a purpose-built network, we're finally giving the
public-safety community the network on which they've been waiting
for years. We're creating new jobs and our low-risk business model
enables us to reinvest in the network."
About Rivada Mercury
Rivada Mercury is a U.S. company formed and supported by a group
of global communications industry leaders, including Rivada
Networks, Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC),
Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Intel Security (NASDAQ: INTC), Fujitsu Network
Communications and Black & Veatch. Rivada Mercury combines its
founders' deep technology and public safety experience to offer a
self-funded, dedicated public-safety network that grants unfettered
access to first responders. Its unique model dynamically optimizes
bandwidth to sustain a commercial broadband market without impeding
public-safety priorities.
CONTACT:
Rivada Networks
Brian Carney
bcarney@rivada.com
New York
+1(929)245-8331
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