Convergencialatina spoke with Julian Jordan, CEO of Neptune Communications. The firm specializing in communications for public safety has a 700 MHz license to develop a system similar to FirstNet in the United States.

Our vision is to do in the Caribbean what the United States is doing with FirstNet ”, explained Julian Jordan, CEO of Neptune Communications, to Convergencialatina. The great difference lies in the very nature of the sub-region: different territories on islands, compared to a single unified geography such as the North American country.

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