Abstract: A method of managing access to a push-to-talk-over-cellular (POC) talkgroup may include providing a control device configured to manage a first talkgroup, granting a first non-subscriber device access to the first talkgroup, and transmitting, from the control device to the first non-subscriber device, a first communication including a link to download a POC software application configured to access the first talkgroup. A method of managing access to a push-to-talk-over-cellular (POC) talkgroup may alternatively include providing a control device configured to manage a first talkgroup, providing a first subscriber device, transmitting, from the first subscriber device to the control device, first non-subscriber contact information associated with a first non-subscriber device, and granting the first non-subscriber device access to the first talkgroup.

Abstract: A method for configuring a land mobile radio (LMR) may include providing a hub device and providing a destination LMR device. The hub device may include a hub memory, a hub communication interface, and a hub processor operably coupled to the hub memory and the hub communication interface. The destination LMR device may include a destination LMR memory, a LMR destination communication interface, and a LMR destination processor operably coupled to the destination LMR memory and the destination LMR communication interface. The method may further include storing a configuration parameter in the hub memory, establishing communication between the hub communication interface and the destination LMR communication interface, transmitting the configuration parameter from the hub memory to the destination LMR memory, and controlling the destination LMR device to implement the configuration parameter.