Unified Group Communications

Group Communications can mean different things to different organizations. For some it may mean carrying radio traffic across an IP network to link geographically remote areas. To others it might mean the bridging together of different radio systems or frequencies, or the ability to facilitate multiple simultaneous talk channels on financial trading floors.

Unified Group Communications is all of that, and more.

Unified Group Communications can be defined as the convergence of disparate communications devices with IP telephony systems and other pre-existing group communications capabilities.

In a Unified Group Communications world...

• Radio systems of all types can operate seamlessly together regardless of make, model and frequency
• Analog, IP and cellular telephones can be patched in to a radio network and used as push-to-talk devices to transmit and receive radio voice traffic
• Intercomm systems can be used to broadcast voice communications from multiple sources and locations
• Paging systems can be harnessed to facilitate rapid message or alert distribution from non-standard sources
• PCs and PDAs can be used as push-to-talk radios or as end-points for any other communications device.
• Existing group communications systems such as Hoot & Holler and airport crash phones can be expanded to include new groups and ad hoc participants.

Unified Group Communications brings all communications under a single, unifying umbrella where disparate technologies, user type and location are no longer a limiting factor.

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