Motorola and Verizon have decided to work together in order to provide access to LTE networks for safety agencies, which can be supplemented by Verizon coverage when it is necessary.

Both companies announced that they were going to provide a joint solution where public safety agencies would be able to get LTE infrastructure offered by Motorola so that they could create their own public safety networks. In case their networks are out of range, the agencies would have an opportunity to access the LTE network of Verizon for supplemental coverage.

According to Dominic Demark, director of government strategy at Verizon, LTE networks of public agencies will be able to run the 10MHz of spectrum. The goal of Verizon is to offer more capacity to public safety agencies on their own networks.

The Verizon network also offers the co-location of towers along with site sharing. Moreover, the company is working with other manufacturers as well as vendors in order to make sure that there is a big range of devices that work on the Verizon network.

As for Motorola, it is going to offer the network equipment along with devices that are necessary for the connection with the LTE network. According to Demark, the company will start offering 14 various kinds of dongles. Moreover, the company is going to have a range of LTE-based smartphones that will be available to public safety agencies in future.

Originally the Federal Communications Commission set up a large block of 700MHz spectrum which was reserved for a public safety network. But as a result, plans to build the network led to nowhere as no bidder met the clearing price of FCC.