What is WAVE PTX for Public Safety?
WAVE PTX for Public Safety is a carrier-independent broadband PTT service that provides the MCPTT-based emergency calling, remote monitoring, ambient listening and other features necessary to keep critical users connected, informed and safe.
Get help when needed
Press a hard or soft dedicated button to initiate an emergency call, with the highest priority, to reach the right resource for assistance.
Share the Information
Eliminate communication barriers and improve information sharing even when personnel are out of radio coverage or off duty.
Increase communication clarity
Push multimedia to individuals or groups to decrease ambiguity, reduce time to communicate and enable more efficient responses.
WAVE PTX Mobile Application
Turn your smartphone or tablet into a PTT handset, getting the speed and simplicity of push-to-talk communication along with the ability to share multimedia information at the touch of a button.
PTT communications
Instantly communicate with groups or individuals, or use broadcast calling to quickly communicate with large groups
Multimedia communication
Push messages with text, photo, video, or file attachments to share details with individuals or groups.
Location mapping and tracking
Access map to check locations, tap a map icon to initiate a PTT call, or setup a geofence to track location activity.

WAVE PTX SafeGuard Package
Enhance user safety, improve situational awareness, and increase operational efficiency by adding optional MCPTT features such as emergency calling, remote user check, and ambient listening to WAVE PTX mobile or dispatch applications.
Emergency calling and alerting
With the push of a button, users can initiate an emergency call to reach the right resource for assistance.
Remote user check
Allows supervisors to monitor the health of a user’s device, including battery level, signal strength, and location.
Ambient listening
Dispatchers and authorized users can check a team member’s well-being by remotely opening their device’s microphone.
Discreet listening
Permit dispatchers and supervisors to monitor PTT calls between a targeted user and other callers.
User enable/disable
Allow supervisors to remotely enable or disable the PTT application on specific devices.
Dynamic location-based talkgroup
Dispatchers can set up talkgroups to add/remove members as they enter or leave a defined geographic area.


WAVE PTX Dispatch
From any Internet-enabled location, dispatchers can effectively manage day-to-day operations, with easy access to key features such as talkgroup scanning, multimedia communication, and location mapping and tracking.
Talkgroup scanning
Automatically scan configured list of groups for active calls.
Multimedia communication
Share details with an individual or group via text, photo and video or file attachment.
Location mapping and tracking
Track group members on a map and efficiently dispatch based on real-time location.

WAVE PTX SafeGuard Multi-Role
Optional MCPTT-compliant features allow the WAVE PTX mobile and dispatch applications to easily adapt and stay in sync with users’ changing roles and responsibilities.
Talkgroup affiliation
Users and dispatchers can target a specific talkgroup for all PTT communications to never miss a call.
Affiliation monitoring
Dispatchers can identify and track users affiliated with a specific talkgroup so they always know the right group to use.
Simultaneous audio sessions
Dispatchers can monitor voice activity and control audio assignments on multiple groups simultaneously to enhance situational awareness.
Remote talkgroup select
Allow dispatchers to remotely change a user's talkgroup affiliation.
User profiles
Provides templates that simplify work needed to add large numbers of users or update their contacts, talkgroups and features.
User role-based login
Users can select their role and associated contacts, talkgroups and permissions when logging on to the WAVE PTT mobile app.

Critical Connect for seamless interoperability with ASTRO 25
WAVE PTX Streaming Video
Optional feature for the WAVE PTX mobile or dispatch applications that allows users to stream live video at the push of a button to individuals, groups, or dispatchers to enhance their understanding of the situation with a real-time view of events as they happen.
Push live video
Users can stream live video of events and incidents as they happen to improve clarity and enhance situational awareness.
Pull video
Dispatchers can request live video from another user to provide context to events taking place in the field.
Simultaneous PTT calls
Users streaming video or receiving video can still participate in PTT calls, switching between them as needed.