SLA to release Mission Critical version of its ESChat product
SLA to release a Mission Critical version of ESChat that will support 3GPP defined MCPTT features and also interoperate with third party MCPTT Application Servers and Clients.
ESChat is the leading carrier independent and secure PTT over LTE solution and is used by the U.S. Military, as well as federal, state & local law enforcement and first responders in the USA. SLA Corporation announced today that Mission Critical ESChat (MC-ESChat) will maintain compatibility with existing cloud and private ESChat servers and will also interoperate with 3GPP compliant Application Servers from all MCPTT vendors.Enterprise Secure Chat (ESChat), the leading carrier independent and secure Push to Talk over LTE).
Since 2008 ESChat has provided encrypted Push to Talk over Cellular capability to first responders. ESChat is available through SLA’s GSA contract and is also sold by U.S carriers Verizon Wireless and AT&T as well as numerous LMR radio vendors. The ESChat product is a fully integrated solution that includes AES-256 encrypted Push to Talk (PTT) Voice, encrypted group messaging (text and images) and both live and historical location tracking and mapping.
The Mission Critical version of ESChat adds capability for users to operate on any FirstNet MCPTT Application Server while maintaining ESChat’s current carrier independent secure PTT service. Leveraging QoS (Quality of Service) offerings now available from U.S. carriers, ESChat is currently able to offer its customers the benefit of carrier integrated MCPTT plus the ability to interoperate between carriers. As the feature evolution of 3GPP MCPTT continues, ESChat will provide full compliance including eMBMS based multicast, IOPS, ProSe and IMS based Application Server interoperability. ESChat has also committed to participating at ETSI’s first MCPTT plugfest that will allow MCPTT vendors to test MCPTT system interoperability.