Mobile Satellite Ventures (MSV) has completed a nationwide network of nine-regionally managed Satellite Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroups (SMART(TM)) enabling interoperable communications among law enforcement and public safety organizations across the country and a number of U.S. territories.
In conjunction with the Connecticut Department of Public Safety, Division of State Police, MSV is launching the Northeast Satellite Mutual Aid Radio Talkgroup (NE-SMART) operating on the MSV satellite communications network. Working with MSV, the Connecticut State Police (CSP) will manage and approve NE-SMART participation by federal, state, local and tribal public safety agencies, and appropriate private sector users with a public safety mission, located in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
"The launch of NE-SMART with the Connecticut Sate Police fulfills MSV's vision of a nationwide network of regionally-focused talkgroups developed to enhance communications interoperability for public safety organizations,” said Susan Miller, senior vice president for satellite services for Mobile Satellite Ventures. "MSV's SMART program, now operational in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, provides the public safety community an additional communications tool for multi-agency response to emergencies and to facilitate daily operations.”
The new NE-SMART talkgroup completes MSV's nationwide network of nine regionally-focused and managed SMART talkgroups. NE-SMART is a tool for enabling critical and interoperable communications at all levels of public safety agencies and facilities in the 10-state northeast region. These talkgroups represent a major step forward in public safety communications and interoperability, particularly when terrestrial networks are damaged or congested.
All public safety organizations with active accounts on the MSV network are eligible and encouraged to join NE-SMART at no charge by way of application to the Connecticut State Police. A copy of the Standard Operating Procedures and application are available from: [email protected] or by calling (860) 685-8280.