Fayette County Prepares for the Most Extreme Conditions with New ATLAS® P25 Phase 2 System with Latitude™ Technology

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Nov 12, 2018, 15:00 ET

IRVING, Texas, Nov. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Fayette County, GA selects JVCKENWOOD to deliver a resilient, reliable, proven and cost-effective P25 Phase 2 system solution for its public safety agencies.

When the Fayette County system reached end of life, the County aimed to implement a modern system solution that first responders could rely on. The Fayette County Evaluation Committee, comprising a cross functional group of public safety stakeholders, unanimously selected JVCKENWOOD as their vendor of choice.

"We needed a reliable system to give the County the flexibility to expand over time. We were impressed with the performance of the ATLAS P25 system in Puerto Rico during Hurricanes Irma and Maria and we recognized that JVCKENWOOD offers the best communication solution for Fayette County," explains Steve Rapson, Fayette County Manager.

The ATLAS P25 solution includes:

10 Site, 8-channel, 800 MHz trunked simulcast ATLAS P25 Phase 2 system
800 MHz conventional analog simulcast system
Multiple StarGate^® dispatch consoles
ATLAS ISSI gateway for seamless interoperability
KENWOOD Viking^® subscribers with advanced P25 data applications
Full turnkey services for system implementation and ongoing maintenance

"Our commitment to our customers is to provide mission critical communication solutions that make safe simple. We're delighted to partner with Fayette County. With patented ATLAS Latitude technology, the proposed Fayette County system design eliminates the core problems of traditional land mobile radio systems. Leveraging an end-to-end IP distributed architecture, the ATLAS system is the most fault-tolerant simulcast system on the market today," says John Suzuki, EFJohnson President and CEO.

Download the Modernizing the Framework of P25 Systems webinar to explore the "core problems" of legacy LMR systems and learn how IP-distributed architecture provides a fault tolerant, scalable, mission-critical LMR application that first responders can rely on: http://bit.ly/2PL7n09

About EF Johnson Technologies, Inc.
EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. is an independent subsidiary of JVCKENWOOD Corporation. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, EFJohnson focuses on innovating, developing and marketing the highest quality secure communications solutions to organizations whose mission is to protect and save lives. The Company's customers include first responders in public safety and public service, the federal government, and industrial organizations. The Company's products are marketed under the EFJohnson and Kenwood brands. For more information, visit www.efjohnson.com.

About JVCKENWOOD Corporation
JVCKENWOOD is a global manufacturer specializing in Automotive and Professional System Solutions. It was reborn as one company in October 2011 through the merger of Victor Company of Japan, Limited (JVC) and Kenwood Corporation (Kenwood) three years after management integration. JVCKENWOOD operates four business segments, Car Electronics, Professional Systems, Optical & Audio, and Entertainment Software with image, sound, and radio technologies, as well as infotainment and visual software. JVCKENWOOD creates excitement and peace of mind while aiming to achieve profitable growth and become a business group that is widely trusted by society. For more information, visit http://www.jvckenwood.co.jp/en/.

SOURCE EF Johnson Technologies, Inc.