Why PoC Radios?

To better understand why PoC radios, we need to know what is PoC radio?

The Push-to-Talk Over Cellular (PoC) radio is the two-way radios using the existing mobile communication network for interaction. PoC radio system is favorable for group users since it eliminates the distance restriction of traditional walkie-talkie devices. In contrast to Land Mobile Radio (LMR), there is the dispatch systems and GPS location

services.

Imagine this: You are in a team on the run and have to communicate remotely with your colleagues. Not enough time to zoom into a phone call and chit-chat. Get to the point as quickly as possible. That's when PoC radio is used. Depended on Push-to-talk technology - they delivers direct voice messages to several receivers at one time.

There are many advantage of PoC radio:

1. Low investment cost with massive coverage communication area

Instead of tremendous investment in two-way radio infrastructure, they offer the same benefits with fixed costs and faster instant connection. They exploit the nationwide coverage of the mobile networks. Companies do not need to invest their finance in getting expensive radio towers or repeaters in different areas.

2. Hand-free communication

The use is even more applicable to the environment where workers need interruption-free communication and no distraction. They connect to a speaker mic via Bluetooth or can be used alone with the loud and clear speaker function. The team can now safely talk on the road without distracted driving and get precise direction from fleet management controllers.

3. Increase efficiency and productivity of workers.

Workers can make either one-to-one or one-to-many calls. It helps workers to save time to communicate with co-workers in comparison to a phone call while increases the effectiveness of messages.

PoC radio in the market and PoC technology in mobile phones

Motorola Solutions calls its a Wave Two-Way Radio, named after their walkie-talkie app "Wave". lcom has a product with an engineering name IP503H/IP501M and Hytera radio has been distributed around the world with different models.

Push to talk over cellular technology was more widely used in mobile phones in the beginning to mimic two-way radio. The main differentiator of a push to talk radio compared to a walkie talkie app running on a Smartphone is that there are fewer settings than on a phone. It's more intuitive and doesn't require many instructions to use. They have few settings, you turn one on and it just works. The difference goes from price and monthly fees to customer service, robustness, and audio quality. PoC Apps like Zello, ESChat, Unity, Microsoft Teams etc.

Check out what PoC radio accessories RayTalk can provide as follow: