We take a look at some of the industry trends that will impact the critical communications market in 2022. In this episode we bring together multiple guests to share their view on what the most critical market trends for 2022 will be.

We touch upon a wide range of trends for 2022 in this episode, ranging from 3GPP standardised LTE, the expansion of ESN Connect, aging VHF radio systems, drone usage in public safety, body-worn cameras, the LMR installed base, spectrum sharing, FirstNet, IoT devices, the role of LEO, and hyperscalers in control rooms.

We're joined by four inredible guests:
- Thomas Lynch, Executive Director at Omdia
- Ken Rehbehn, Principal Analyst at Critical Communications Insights and Contributing Analyst at Omdia
- Donny Jackson, Editor of IWCE's Urgent Communications
- Ildefonso de la Cruz, Principal Analyst at Omdia

Hear from each of us here:
0:57 Ken Rehbehn - Movement away from vendor silos; exansion of ESN Connect; aging VHF radio systems; the early days of drone usage
06:08 Thomas Lynch - Body-worn cameras driving media usage; the increase in LMR installed base
10:40 Ildefonso de la Cruz - Hybrid devices in critical communications
12:07 Donny Jackson - Spectrum sharing; IoT devices; FirstNet; the role of LEO
18:52 Paul Bremner - Hyperscalers fundamentally changing the control room market

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