(Azor, Israel)  In a recent opinion piece in MIT Technology Review, former FCC chairman Julius Genachowski stated that one solution to overloaded public networks after an event the Boston Marathon bombings could be an ad-hoc communications network formed from existing Wi-Fi access points that could “allow their owners to quickly fling their digital doors wide in times of trouble, channeling a surge of traffic through broadband with a capacity naturally greater than that of cellular networks.”

While this kind of ad hoc network could be helpful for citizens after a wide scale emergency, there is another, more urgent requirement for post-disaster communications.  First responders also lose Internet connectivity, which means they are unable to access crucially important web applications that are absolutely essential to swift disaster relief, such as Google maps.

Mobilicom addresses this need with easily deployed, high reliability broadband networks for first responders. As Mobilicom’s VP of R&D Yossi Segal points out, “During Hurricane Sandy, when public communications networks were knocked out or overloaded by calls made by panicked citizens, search and rescue teams could have had an on-demand private network.   With the MCU-30, first responders can connect to their command post, mobile units and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to transmit heavy data on the fly.  The communications links are self-healing and resilient if a node were to be temporarily lost.  The MCU-30 fulfills the promise of an instantaneous wireless network that is powerful and independent of cell towers that might no longer be standing or are overloaded after a natural disaster.”

The MCU-30 from Mobilicom is a miniaturized 4G mobile wireless IP communications device designed for first responders that creates a secure and private broadband network supporting 4Mbps instantly without relying on existing wireless 3G/4G carriers.   At only 11 oz and approximately 4” X 3” X 1” for a fully ruggedized version, these battery-operated units, approximately the size of an iPhone, form an instant broadband network,are lightweight and small.  The wireless Ethernet network connects to other nodes over 6 miles apart and acts as a gateway with seamless integration to any VSAT/3G/4G/ VHF/UHF network.   The built-in GPS allows teams to monitor individual team member locations and anti-jamming technology ensures additional security.

About Mobilicom

Mobilicom Ltd. designs, develops and manufactures Instant Mobile Wireless Network solutions and products for mission-critical applications and are in use throughout the world.  Mobilicom is the leading company in the field of instant mobile 4G broadband communications, specializing in video, data and voice communications between devices without any existing infrastructure. The company’s products are based on LTE technology. Mobilicom is the only company that incorporates the concepts of instant, ad-hoc, mobile and broadband communications into their products.  Mobilicom specializes in end-to-end instant wireless system solutions that are competitively priced, highly mobile, operate free of infrastructure constraints and operate in NLOS environments.  Mobilicom’s products include their flagship product, the MCU-100, a 4G wireless communication unit that provides instant, ad-hoc/mesh communications as a part of a mobile network, the MC-HPA High Power Amplifier and the MC-EMA Element Management Application and the MC-NMA Network Management Application tools.