Mentum Network Planning Solutions Focus on the Challenges Associated with Designing and Deploying Advanced Land Mobile Radio Systems

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 08, 2011 - Mentum®, the industry’s leading wireless access and backhaul network planning and optimization company, today announced the introduction of a suite of advanced network planning solutions to assist with the design and deployment of Project 25 (P25), LTE, Tetra networks for the Public Safety, Transportation, Industrial, Energy and Utility markets.

Mentum is a well-recognized supplier of high-quality network planning tools and has a long history in working with pioneers in the Land Mobile Radio market. Mentum’s market leading, advanced radio access and backhaul planning and optimization software, Mentum Planet, is a widely used network planning solution for all segments of the global Land Mobile Radio market. Mentum Planet 5.3 introduces a set of capabilities that make it easier for Land Mobile Radio engineers to design, deploy and manage networks, automate design and simplify the process of comparing scenarios. Mentum Planet provides unrivalled prediction accuracy and offers state-of-the-art modeling of technologies that are key in the LMR space, such as P25, LTE, Tetra and generic simulcast technologies, and it is the only solution on the market that incorporates Geographic Information Systems (GIS) with MapInfo Professional.

“Mentum Planet’s flexibility allows engineers to analyze the capacity, coverage and quality of service in several different network deployment scenarios enabling faster network rollouts and technology migrations while at the same time improving the radio design quality,” said Bernard Breton, Chief Operating and Strategy Officer at Mentum.  “Furthermore, the availability of high-accuracy propagation models and telecom-grade geodata provides opportunities for optimal rollout of both the radio and backhaul networks.”

About Mentum
Mentum provides industry-leading software and service solutions that allow wireless operators, equipment vendors and consultants to efficiently plan, manage and optimize wireless access as well as backhaul networks, plan coverage expansions and launch new broadband wireless networks. Its advanced software solutions, including Mentum Planet, Mentum Ellipse, Mentum Fusion, Mentum CellPlanner, Mentum LinkPlanner along with tailored Mentum Geodata, enable network operators and engineers to maximize their design potential. Through the company's global presence and focused business approach, it helps more than 375 customers in 120 countries define their wireless networks. Mentum is a privately held company headquartered in Paris, with offices in Dallas, Ottawa, Hong Kong, Stockholm and Tokyo. Visit www.mentum.com for more information.