Improved radio setup at a competitive price

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Augmenting your existing radio setup with a Cobham Satcom solution can bring significant savings.

A sound investment

Augmenting your existing radio setup with a Cobham Satcom solution can bring significant savings. Here are two examples from American communities looking to take their police departments’ radio setups forward to digital radio. In both cases, we compare the projected costs of investing in a digital radio network, and augmenting their existing

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networks with PRISM PTT+ from Cobham Satcom to add a layer of encryption and greatly increase coverage. In both cases, we can see significant capital expense savings from not having to replace existing handsets, and not having to invest in building new digital radio infrastructure – but leveraging existing radio networks as well as LTE, and, optionally, satellite.

Example 1: Anytown, USA.

Population: 30,000 Officers: 45

Proposed radio solution: Conventional digital radio. Two sites, two channels (four talk-paths).	Operational expense annual	Capital expense
Tower lease $1,600 tower/month.	$38,400
Radio System		$1,650,000
Annual Maintenance	$175,000
Radios		$495,000
Total	213,400	$2,145,000

Proposed radio solution: PRISM	QTY	Operational expense annual	Capital expense
Vehicles with LTE only	25		$116,875
Vehicles with LTE + BGAN (satellite)	10		$87,400
Services, $700/vehicle			$24,500
Subscription (including BGAN + LTE SIM)*		$27,540
Total		$27,540	$228,775

Example 2: Anothertown, USA.

Population: 2,000,000 Officers: 2700

Proposed radio solution: Trunked digital radio. 15 sites, 19 channels channels (36 talk-paths).	Operational expense annual	Capital expense
Tower lease, $1600/tower/month	$288,000
Radio system		$19,500,000
Connectivity network		$3,200,000
Services		$9,000,000
Back-up capabilities		$2,400,000
Annual maintenance	$350,000
Radios		$28,000,000
Total	$638,000	$62,100,000

Proposed radio solution: PRISM	QTY	Operational expense annual	Capital expense
Vehicles with LTE only	1500		$7,012,500
Vehicles with LTE + BGAN (satellite)	350		$3,059,000
Services, $700/vehicle			$1,295,000
Subscription (including BGAN + LTE SIM)*		$1,301,400
Total		$1,301,400	$11,366,500

In this example, the $51m. capital expense savings more than make up for the increased operational expense, resulting in savings of about $25m. over 25 years.

*Please note: In both examples, the SIM-subscription fee is based on a FirstNet subscription costing approx. $40/month/SIM. If a generic LTE network is used, the SIM-subscription fees can be reduced by roughly half.

Important notice: The above examples are for illustrative purposes only. For a precise quote, please contact a Cobham Satcom critical communications expert.