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Motorola Solutions acquires RapidDeploy, a cloud-native Next Generation 911 solution provider for public safety

By: via Business Wire

Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) has acquired RapidDeploy, a complementary cloud-native 911 solution provider for public safety, based in Austin, Texas.

This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250220738219/en/

RapidDeploy’s Next Generation 911 product suite accelerates emergency response and enhances decision-making. Credit: Motorola Solutions

RapidDeploy’s Next Generation 911 product suite accelerates emergency response and enhances decision-making. Credit: Motorola Solutions

RapidDeploy’s advanced Next Generation 911 (NG911) product suite accelerates emergency response and enhances decision-making. The suite includes Radius Mapping, precise real-time call location mapping that allows for faster and more focused dispatch of emergency resources. Its companion mobile application, Lightning, gives first responders direct access to critical 911 call data on their smartphones or tablets. Eclipse Analytics helps Public Safety Answering Points measure 911 call response times, queue times and provide the right levels of staffing based on expected call volumes.

“In a crisis of any magnitude - a vehicle accident, medical emergency or active shooter - every second counts during the emergency response,” said Mahesh Saptharishi, executive vice president and chief technology officer, Motorola Solutions. “RapidDeploy’s technology connects first responders with critical information so they can reach those in need faster and be more prepared, saving valuable time in emergencies.”

Using RapidDeploy, 911 telecommunicators gain access to real-time data, including a caller’s GPS location, indoor floor plans, and communications like text, chat messaging and live video streams, which can be shared directly with a first responder in the field. RapidDeploy currently integrates with Motorola Solutions’ Rave suite to aggregate public safety data, intelligence sharing and notification capabilities to enhance the workflow of telecommunicators and first responders during critical emergencies.

With this acquisition, Motorola Solutions and RapidDeploy will help ensure public safety agencies have better access to data and increased situational awareness during emergency response so they can better serve their communities. Motorola Solutions expects to integrate RapidDeploy’s technology into its VESTA 911 call handling software and AI-powered VESTA NXT platform to further enhance telecommunicator speed and efficiency. RapidDeploy currently supports over 1,600 PSAPs/emergency communications centers in 24 states.

“We are honored to join Motorola Solutions, a company that shares our commitment to public safety and our mission of saving lives by reducing response times,” said Steve Raucher, co-founder and CEO, RapidDeploy. “Together, we will continue to accelerate innovation in 911 technology, helping to make NG911 smarter, more unified and seamlessly integrated to empower first responders and help save more lives.”

Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

About Motorola Solutions | Solving for safer

Safety and security are at the heart of everything we do at Motorola Solutions. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Learn more about our commitment to innovating for a safer future for us all at www.motorolasolutions.com.

Motorola Solutions Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of applicable federal securities law. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and generally include words such as “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “estimates” and similar expressions. The company can give no assurance that any actual or future results or events discussed in these statements will be achieved. Any forward-looking statements represent the company’s views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing the company’s views as of any subsequent date. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties that could cause the company’s actual results or events discussed in these statements to differ materially from the statements contained in this release. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, Motorola Solutions’ ability to integrate the products and services into its portfolio and offerings to customers. Motorola Solutions cautions the reader that the risks and uncertainties below, as well as those in Part I Item 1A of Motorola Solutions’ 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K and in its other SEC filings available for free on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on Motorola Solutions’ website at www.motorolasolutions.com, could cause Motorola Solutions’ actual results or events discussed in these statements to differ materially from those estimated or predicted in the forward-looking statements. Many of these risks and uncertainties cannot be controlled by Motorola Solutions and factors that may impact forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, Motorola Solutions’ ability to successfully integrate and operate RapidDeploy. Motorola Solutions undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement or risk factor, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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