Managing Real-time Communications for Utility Companies

Confronted by a range of challenges — from military conflicts that impact world oil markets, to terrorist threats on critical infrastructure, to weather emergencies that disrupt service to customers — utility companies need technology solutions that can help them protect business continuity, improve operational efficiency, and enhance business agility. Key to meeting this goal: enabling real-time group communications.

WAVETM is a software application suite that manages secure, real-time group communications over the IP network, enabling interoperable communications between any connected devices, operating at any frequency.

With WAVE, utility companies can benefit from secure, interoperable, extendable, affordable, and survivable communications over any audio source — including two-way radios, phones, PCs, and connected PDAs — across any number of jurisdictions. WAVE enables you to create flexible systems on your existing data network using Voice over IP — saving significant recurring costs while improving reliability and audio quality.

WAVE was designed to meet the survivability and security requirements of today's utilities. Failover and headless peer-to-peer operations help keep your users connected — to colleagues, government officials, and first responders. In a crisis, WAVE's modest hardware requirements and flexible connections let the entire network migrate to a remote facility, and WAVE can perform emergency notification alerts, delivering simultaneous messages over phone and network connections.

Importantly, WAVE has undergone rigorous testing to ensure dependability under extreme conditions. WAVE meets U.S. Department of Homeland Security requirements for interoperability and integration, and is used worldwide by critical facilities, public safety, and defense agencies with the most stringent security requirements.


  • Completely interoperable with your existing UHF, VHF, P25, TETRA, iDEN, SELCAL, GSTAR, analog, or digital two-way radios
  • Provides multiple radio and telephony gateway support, including Raytheon (JPS) ACU-1000, NXU, Telex/Vega IP 223, NI 223, Daniels UIC, TOCNET, Nortel, Cisco CallManager, and AVAYA Communication Manager
  • WAVE Dispatch CommunicatorTM provides command and control flexibility and lowers the cost of ownership of a dispatch system
  • WAVE Desktop CommunicatorTM enables PC users to talk on radio channels, view presence, and send secure text messages
  • Status and presence provides real-time visibility into exactly who is communicating
  • Real-time monitoring and reporting let you see exactly how your system is working
  • Active Directory integration eases user and group management tasks
  • Inherent scalability allows you to manage large numbers of users and traffic

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