Apps are not only popular with smartphone or tablet users in the consumer environment. In fact, applications have an even higher significance for professional radio users in public safety and various industries. Just think of typical applications such as control room operations and dispatch, telemetry or smart metering in utilities, order management and ticketing for industry and leisure, as well as providing increased security and effectiveness in health and public safety.

Apps such as remote device control, location-based services, personnel monitoring and especially ‘man down’ are perceived as critical ‘must haves’. But the evolution of applications does not stop here, especially when adding mobile broadband functionality. Essential radio apps will encompass e-mail, biometrics, real-time video, CCTV ingestion and analysis, mobile office capabilities and in particular remote database access, especially for police services. Core app offerings which users like to see on the radio, reach from video clips, SMS and Internet access to submission systems for forms and reports.

Seems like a lot of work for the developer community, but Motorola Solutions is prepared to tackle this demand. We support our developers with best-in-class tools, application programming interface (API) insight and new opportunities for networking to create applications for TETRA and MOTOTRBO digital radio systems, and we’ve been doing this for over 10 years. We work with more than 400 developers around the globe to offer customers from different markets a high number of applications across TETRA and MOTOTRBO systems. We encourage developers to provide solutions for horizontal markets but also enable them to develop customer specific solutions.

And we provide ideal platforms for networking and knowledge exchange with our annual AppForum events. This year we hosted leading digital radio application experts from across Europe and Africa at the Motorola Radio AppForum 2014 in Brussels, giving developers the opportunity to discuss latest solutions and application trends. Attendees also got the latest market insights from the analyst firm IHS Technology on the recently published “Critical Communications Broadband, Licensed Mobile Radio and DMR” report. According to Elizabeth Mead, market analyst, critical communications at IHS Technology, 53 per cent of the users will have migrated to digital technologies, fostering growth of PMR data networks for apps.

This positive outlook and the great feedback we got from our community made our first Motorola Radio only AppForum a huge success. We had also media attending the event who reported live from Brussels. Watch the latest video interview with Tim Clark on criticalcomunicationnews to learn more about radio application trends and our future-proof offerings for the developer community. Also get the latest feedback from Application partners covered by Wireless Magazine.

Susanne Stier is Senior Communications Manager at Motorola Solutions

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