New Solution Combines Code-Compliant, Network-Safe ERCES with Patented DAS IoT Technology to Speed Emergency Response for Schools and Other Public Spaces


LAS VEGAS, NV – March 17, 2025 – Today, around #IWCE25, Nextivity, the industry leader in intelligent cellular coverage DAS solutions, announced a groundbreaking solution that uses the power of its award-winning Public Safety DAS to drive new Edge Services that allow customers to “Do More with DAS.” Nextivity’s ERCES solutions, SHIELD EXTEND and SHIELD SOLO, now support the Nextivity WAVE Edge Services product line addressing key public safety needs such as server-side antenna monitoring and panic button alerts in compliance with Alyssa’s Law.

The new solution builds on patented Nextivity technology, enabling DAS infrastructure to act as a sensor network in addition to providing wireless signal coverage. The intelligence inside SHIELD ERCES products, known as IntelliBoost® technology, uses information gathered by patented SMART SERVER ANTENNAs and relayed to an Edge Server, to offer affordable and potentially life-saving emergency response notifications. In addition to offering complete regulatory compliance to NFPA, IFC, and UL standards, and compliance with Alyssa’s Law, the system includes the ability to perform acoustic gunshot detection – a world first for a DAS. This ability makes the Nextivity ERCES solution a cornerstone of a school’s or other public space’s emergency response plan.

“We are very happy to see our advanced DAS technologies working together to deliver leading edge solutions that help keep people safe. We have been in the Public Safety market since 2018 and delivering cellular boosters since 2009. Our WAVE Edge Services combine what we’ve learned through four generations of chip design, and deployments with 200+ operators in 100 countries and AHJs in every state, into a much-needed, easy-to-deploy scalable IoT sensor network that leverages either cellular or ERCES DAS infrastructure,” said Nextivity CEO Michiel Lotter. He added, “the ERCES market offers a wide range of new and old vendor choices to building owners, but only one ‘Made in the USA’ solution that combines the industry’s most advanced technology platform with deep experience in supporting the needs of end-users and AHJs.”

On Tuesday, March 18, Lotter will speak about this breakthrough technology at #IWCE as part of the School and Campus Safety track sponsored by the Safer Buildings Coalition. School Safety Using DAS Infrastructure: AI Gunshot Detection will cover system basics, its role in safety planning, and the value of the situational awareness information it provides.

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