Handsfree Group Showcases Handsfree’s Revolutionary R5 Fixed Vehicle Device at Intersec Dubai

At Intersec 2024, CEO Matthew Johnson and Michael Higginbottom are presentingHandsfree’s revolutionary R5 Fixed Vehicle Device together with the company’s regional partners.

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this week at its regular Dubai World Trade Centre location, Intersec has developed into one of the essential global security and emergency services events, spreading out across 12 halls with over 1,000 exhibitors from every corner of the world. The 3 days of intense activities from January 16th to 18th also provide visitors with the opportunity to attend high-level conference sessions focused on the urgent topic of national and global security, including the very latest critical communications solutions.

Fixed Vehicle Device Serving the Middle East Market

Handsfree Group have therefore chosen the Middle East’s premier security event to make their first appearance of 2024. Matthew Johnson and Michael Higginbottom will both be on hand in Dubai from today to explain and demonstrate Handsfree’s revolutionary R5 Fixed Vehicle Device together with the company’s regional partners. Building on their steady progress in the UK and across Europe, with important contracts already awarded in the emergency services and transport sectors, Handsfree has identified the Middle East region, with key markets such as UAE and Saudi Arabia, as an area of significant growth in critical communications.

Mission Critical LTE Communications Solution

Handsfree’s R5 is so much more than just another Fixed Vehicle Device. With its clear display and programmable buttons, the R5 offers a complete mission critical LTE solution with integrated PTT, Voice, Data and Video. Its unique OneView software solution turns the R5 into a complete, rich communications platform, allowing organisations to declutter their vehicle dashboards by controlling multiple systems beyond simple mission critical LTE. This includes control of lights and siren control, mapping, ANPR (automatic number plate recognition), vehicle checks, and event recording etc.

Picture: Second from left: Oliver Christian - His Majesty's Trade Commissioner for the Middle East and Pakistan, and His Majesty's Consul General to Dubai.

Market Leader in the UK

Handsfree R5 has established itself as the clear market leader in the United Kingdom in its field over the past 3 years. As a major supplier to the UK Home Office’s Emergency Services Network (ESN) programme the R5 has undergone extensive testing by real end-user public safety agencies. As critical users move from legacy narrowband solutions such as TETRA towards to full 3GPP-compliant LTE & future 5G solutions, the full integration and operability of mission critical services (MCX) becomes increasingly important to their critical operations. Handsfree R5 comes fully integrated with major MCPTT/MCX solutions such as Motorola Kodiak, Airbus Agnet and many more.

Continous Growth in 2024

Following a highly successful 2023, Handsfree Group are looking forward to further sustained growth during 2024. During these uncertain times of significant change and potential upheaval, Governments and their public safety agencies face the prospectus of having their critical communications systems tested to the limit. Handsfree Group’s R5 is rapidly becoming a key enabler of the forces of law and order. Intersec presents yet another opportunity for the community to find out more and become part of the future of critical communications, so feel free to reach out to Matthew and Michael in Dubai over the coming 3 days.