Almost everyone carries a phone, so a radio can look redundant. For teams that work on large or noisy sites, it often is not.
Where radio does better
- Instant group communication: press and talk, with no dialling and no call set-up.
- Independence from mobile coverage: radios work on their own network on a site, including in basements and remote areas.
- Robustness: handheld radios are built for knocks, dust and weather.
- Predictable cost: no per-call fees on the site's own network.
Where phones do better
- Calls and messages to people outside the site.
- Applications, cameras, scanning and data.
- A single device per person.
Mixing both
Many sites combine them: radio for the operational team on the ground, phones for office staff and external calls. Gateways can link the two worlds where needed.
Typical settings
Hotels and resorts, campuses, warehouses, factories, construction sites and public-service teams working in the field.
Radio communication equipment is one of the five product families of the EnnovaMarket catalogue.
