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Vodafone Business and Airbus Public Safety and Security, a business unit of Airbus Defence and Space, have joined forces to provide new secure business critical and collaborative communication services for people who work in mission critical areas across Europe.

The solution, supporting voice, instant messaging, video streaming and location services, increases worker productivity and safety in various industries, including those managing national infrastructure. The service unifies large groups of smartphone users with control rooms, bringing them together in a secure and collaborative network. This means field workers can, for example, share a 360-degree video of an incident or quickly transmit vital data to the emergency services. This improves situational awareness for users like security staff to understand their surroundings better.

Several people can also quickly speak to each other in one feed, and a lifeguard feature is included which automatically sends an alert if a user falls during a dangerous mission or in a hazardous environment.

The partnership, showcased at the Critical Communications World event in Brussels, Belgium, combines the strengths of Vodafone’s geographically scaled public and private 4G/5G mobile and fixed networks with Airbus’s secure cloud-based critical communications solution, Agnet. They will offer converged secure and robust instant collaboration and connectivity solutions for industries that require timely and efficient team communications, including governments, energy, airports, transportation, essential utilities like water and electricity, as well as major events – any organisation that requires time-sensitive group collaboration.

Marika Auramo, CEO of Vodafone Business, said: “Our role is to connect employees maintaining critical infrastructure like power stations and airports, ensuring productivity and public safety. Vodafone’s partnership with Airbus means we can help customers counter increased threats, meet demand and manage costs with mission critical digital connectivity and market-leading software solutions.