Cynergyze

Cynergyze offers expertise and leadership in Public Safety (PS) technology areas, such as Land Mobile Radio (LMR) platforms, interoperability, 700MHz PS LTE and Project 25.

We provide our clients with crucial insights, strategic guidance, and proficiency in navigating through the many challenges facing decision makers in public safety communications.

Interoperability Planning, Procurement, Deployment, Verification, and Management Services

Cynergyze's unique expertise, from procurement to acceptance testing, offers its clients a neutral third party perspective that is often critical to the success of any interoperability project.

  • Procurement Services / RFP Review and Recommendations - Cynergyze can assist in preparing and/or review of key areas of RFP text for standards compliance, functionality, and other aspects that are critical to interoperable communication projects.
  • Network Interconnectivity Deployment Management Services - We serve as a neutral third party between agencies and manufacturers to ensure the successful deployment of the project.
  • Standards Compliance Verification & Management - We verify that multiple manufacturers' equipment interoperates as specified in the RFP.
  • Project 25 Unit ID Management Services - We provide Unit Id Management to maintain uniqueness and a streamlined but cost effective multi-agency ID management solution between Interoperating agencies

ISSI Deployment Assistance / Program Management

Cynergyze has extensive experience in deploying network interoperability. We were instrumental in assisting with the nation's first Harris to Motorola ISSI deployment, and we bring the necessary depth and experience to any ISSI deployment project.

Strategic Consulting

With many years of managing some of the industry's most established Land Mobile Radio system platforms, Cynergyze brings an unusual combination of technical background, business acumen and strategic experience. Cynergyze will provide objective perspectives, ask tough questions and provide insights which are not likely to come from equipment manufacturers or larger consulting firms. Specific and applicable skills include business modeling, strategic roadmap development, requirements management, technology alternative assessments, system life cycle planning and governance process development.

Webinars

Cynergyze offers its clients custom onsite and online webinars, trainings, and seminars.

Cynergyze offers clients:

  • A comprehensive overview of the Public Safety communications industry, including the unique challenges and trends facing this marketplace, currently in a state of historical change.
  • Executive and technical overviews on a variety of public safety technologies and standards, including Project 25 and 700 MHz PS LTE platforms
  • Detailed information on the latest news and activities in the primary standards, technologies, regulatory obligations, and implementation choices available to PS practitioners and suppliers.

Please contact Cynergyze for more information.

In the News

APCO

Cynthia Wenzel Cole appointed to APCO Broadband Committee January, 2012

Cynthia will work with waiver recipients, manufacturers, and industry leaders on the committee to examine public safety broadband applications in the industry today and provide recommendations regarding the need for mobile data and future need for mission-critical voice capabilities.

FCC Interoperability Showing

Texas Interoperability Showing, v9.0 filed at FCC 1/13/2012

The State of Texas updated the v8.0 submittal (see below) to v9.0 on 1/13/2012. Docket number PS 06-229.
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FCC Provides PLMN ID Guidance to Public-Safety Broadband Operators

Transmission News, 1/9/2012

The FCC issued a new order on January 9, 2012 (DA 12-25) providing 700 MHz public-safety broadband waiver recipient's guidance on implementing PLMN ID within their networks to ensure interoperability of LTE public safety deployments.
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Cynthia Wenzel Cole to serve as team leader of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Operating Advisory Committee LTE Infrastructure Internetworking Group Technical Tiger Team

December, 2011

Cynthia joins lead architects within the industry to establish a viable interconnectivity architecture and implementation strategy for implementing "interoperability on Day 1," a regulatory requirement for Public Safety LTE.

PLMNID

Texas Response to PLMN ID Questions filed at FCC 11/7/2011

Response to the FCC October 12, 2011 Letter with Questions Relating to the State of Texas Request for a Public Safety Broadband Network PLMN ID.
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FCC Interoperability Showing

Texas Interoperability Showing, v8.0 filed with PSHSB at FCC 11/4/2011

The State of Texas has submitted a request to authorize the initial build-out of 16 eNodeB sites, with more planned prior to the requested date for Service Availability.
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Public Safety Recommends LTE Network Identifier Details to FCC

Transmission News, 11/15/2011

Texas officials provided recommendations to the FCC for public land mobile network identifiers (PLMN IDs) -- the system IDs for LTE networks -- based on input from other 700 MHz public-safety broadband experts
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Texas Tackles PLMN ID Questions from FCC

Transmission News, 10/17/11

In response to its July request for a public land mobile network identifier (PLMN ID), the state of Texas received a letter this month from FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau (PSHSB) Chief Jamie Barnett posing six groups of questions about the issue.
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