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Sepura attended the 9th MCX Plugtests event at Texas A&M University, USA, from 24th to 28th February 2025, confirming Sepura’s commitment to interoperability in mission critical communications. The event was organised by ETSI, with support from the TCCA and focused on multi-vendor interoperability between clients and application servers.
“In simple terms, the goal of the MCX Plugtests events is to validate the interoperability of MCX products from various manufacturers by running a set of tests based on 3GPP Mission Critical Services. We attended to assess and confirm the interoperability of our products with other manufacturers as well as showcase our application and devices.” Andy Potter, Senior Test Engineer at Sepura
Sepura sent three engineers, who took several SCL3 hand-portable devices and the MCX application. Two groups of people participated; manufacturers who ran interoperability tests throughout the week, and observers from government organisations, mobile network operators, public safety operators, end users, agencies and regulators. Each day was split into test sessions, enabling engineers to test several different combinations of application servers, dispatchers and client combinations against Sepura’s devices and application.
“The SCL3 device and SCC application worked well during the testing. Being able to interoperate with several different manufacturers equipment, the tests helped us make some good advancements in all aspects of our products. It was also a great opportunity to demonstrate the SCL3’s capabilities and design.” Andy Potter, Senior Test Engineer at Sepura
