In this episode we bring together multiple guests to help summarise critical communication industry developments through 2021 and share what we've learnt, and how the industry has changed over the year.

We touch upon a huge range of topics in this episode, ranging from critical communications market resilience, hybrid LMR/LTE devices, national mission critical networks, direct mode, control room applications, supply chain issues, cybersecurity, NG911 standards and funding, LMR maintenance deals, and right through to digital transformation in control rooms!

We're also joined for the first time by Donny Jackson. Donny is the Editor of IWCE’S Urgent Communications, and has been generating content for the critical communications arena for almost two decades now, while also contributing to curating and participating in the annual IWCE conference program.

Our other guests for this episode include:
- Thomas Lynch, Executive Director at Omdia
- Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst at Critical Communications Insights and Contributing Analyst at Omdia
- Ildefonso de la Cruz, Principal Analyst at Omdia

Hear from each of us here:
2:00 Thomas Lynch - 2021 Critical Communications industry overview
6:36 Ken Rehbehn - LTE/LMR device maturation and expansion; exanding array of national activity to launch Mission Critical networks; the enigma of Direct Mode; control room applications in the field
14:39 Ildefonso de la Cruz - Critical communications market resilience; supply chain issues
17:38 Donny Jackson - Cybersecurity; supply chain issues; NG911 standards and funding; strength of LMR maintenance deals
25:00 Paul Bremner - Digital transformation in control rooms

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