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  • Radios VS. Cell Phones

WHY RADIOS?


Helps ensure privacy via a closed network and encryption

CORPORATE SECURITY

Helps ensure privacy via a closed network and encryption


Offers excellent reception and wide coverage

COVERAGE

Prone to dead spots and poor reception


Can be designed to work even in times of emergencies and natural disasters

RELIABILITY IN EMERGENCIES

Subject to outages from call overload, power failures and natural disasters


Provides clear communication even in highly noisy environments

AUDIO QUALITY

Is ineffective in highly noisy environments; difficult to hear and be heard


Helps ensure privacy via a closed network and encryption

CORPORATE SECURITY

Helps ensure privacy via a closed network and encryption


Prominent emergency button and audio cues to protect workers

PERSONNEL SAFETY

Limited safety features, no emergency button and no cues


Accelerates resolution time by instantly connecting people

THE SPEED OF RESPONSE TIMES

Delays response by taking at approximately 60 seconds to connect


Increases efficiency with EFFICIENCY prompt one-to-many communication

TEAM WORK EFFICIENCY

Decreases productivity by limiting communication to one-to-one if no PTT capability


Ruggedly built for work environments: withstands vibrations, shocks, heat, water, dust, humidity, drops and tumbles

DURABILITY

Too fragile and sensitive to withstand dust and moisture of work environments. Consider the cost of replacing a smashed cell phone screen several times by several workers


Battery supports intensive use for the length of a full work shift to get the job done

PERFORMANCE

Battery life insufficient for more than occasional use. Have you ever felt your phone battery getting hot when you use it a lot?


Intuitive, one-touch user interface. Easy to use when driving or wearing protective equipment – keep your gloves on.

USABILITY

Complex user interface. Difficult to use safely in a work environment. Legal restrictions when driving


Durable, rugged, long-lasting device with long-term repair and support and no monthly fee for usage saves your money

COST REDUCTION

Disposable, quickly obsolete, consumer quality device with monthly payments for usage


Bay Area TrboTalk’s digital two-way radio system offers an alternative solution to high priced cellular plans. MOTOTRBO can help improve productivity and efficiency by enabling you to communicate with and provide information to your employees virtually anywhere at anytime. And with a GPS modem, you can utilize location tracking applications all in one device. MOTOTRBO is designed to improve response times and increase your productivity, cost effectively, today and in the future.

Our Motorola MOTOTRBO Connect Plus system offers the following features vs cellular plans.

  • Low monthly costs, plans start at $22.00 per month
  • Unlimited Airtime for voice and data
  • No distractions or costs related to personal calls
  • Priority / Queuing
  • Talk Group calling
  • Multi-Group calling
  • Emergency calling
  • No data or calling plan overages
  • Text messaging available on all plans
  • Trident GPS Location services availability
  • One-to-many conversations
  • Offers up to 40% longer battery life than FDMA and analog radios
  • Intrinsically safe options for use in locations where flammable gas, vapors or combustible dust may be present
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Bay Area TrboTalk
829 Corporate Way
Fremont, CA 94539

Telephone: 925-244-1853
Fax: 925-277-1120

email: info@bayareatrbotalk.com

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