How is Icom’s IP501H LTE network radio different from other offerings in the market? Wide area communications, size and a robust network design are all assets of our new LTE-Connect solution.
But what about security? The IP501H offers communications on a completely secure, sturdy and private LTE network. Here is what that means:
The LTE (Long-Term Evolution) standard is an all IP-based system. This means it can be susceptible to security weaknesses associated with IP, such as ever changing standards, risk of data loss, denial of service attacks, loss of privacy. Although security is incorporated in LTE architecture design, service providers are still responsible for ensuring their own network security. Icom has addressed these security issues by setting up a fully private LTE carrier approved network. The majority of other push-to- talk LTE devices, many of which are not approved, or certified for use on the carriers LTE Network, use the public Internet to carry voice traffic between the network and the control servers. By hosting these servers on the public Internet they become susceptible to denial of service attacks. The performance is limited to the capacity, and robustness, of the ISP network that is hosting them and the security of their physical location.
The LTE-Connect network on the other hand is embedded directly into the core of the carriers LTE network, with a dedicated APN and Icom only issued SIM cards. This means that no other device on the network can use or communicate with Icom’s data center. The IP (voice) traffic never leaves the core network and has no connection to the public Internet. We are not susceptible to denial of service attacks, we have no public internet or ISP bandwidth limitations and the redundant servers are securely housed in the carrier’s own data centers.
The IP501H is also the only LTE push-to-talk-radio that has been fully approved by the carriers for use on the network. Unapproved, and untested, devices have unknown performance characteristics and can cause issues to the core LTE network. It is possible for the carrier to switch off these unapproved devices at any time.
The Icom LTE-Connect network is the most secure push-to-talk over LTE radio system available today. Experience first-hand carrier approved equipment, reliable and secure communications along with the trusted Icom quality and exception voice quality.
