Connect teams across multiple sites or national operations.
Push-to-Talk over Cellular
Connect dispersed teams over 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi.
PTToC gives teams instant one-to-one and group voice across wide geographic areas while adding messaging, location and smart-device workflows. It is best where users need cellular coverage and more functionality than traditional radio alone.
Operational outcomes
What this solution is designed to improve.
The operating model should match where people work, how quickly they need to reach each other and whether voice must sit alongside messaging, location, dispatch or Android workflows.
Combine PTT with messaging, location and Android applications.
Use smartphones, rugged Android devices or dedicated PTT hardware.
Combine PTToC with DMR where different roles need different resilience.
The power of push-to-talk in the field
One push. The right team hears it.
Give frontline teams an immediate voice channel while they keep moving, working and responding — whether they are airside, on site, in a hospital estate or supporting distributed infrastructure.
AviationConstructionHealthcareInfrastructure & facilities
Relevant technology
Build the right communications stack for the role.
Choose software, rugged devices and accessories around coverage, working environment, dispatch needs and the people using them.
PTT software
Relevant technology / delivery
One-to-one and group voice across smartphones, rugged devices and dedicated hardware.
See related details →Rugged Android devices
Relevant technology / delivery
Purpose-built smart devices for frontline users who need PTT plus business applications.
See related details →PTT accessories
Relevant technology / delivery
Remote speaker microphones and accessories for operational roles.
See related details →Connected across roles
One communication layer across different teams.
Use the same push-to-talk workflow across different devices and environments, then configure channels, dispatch and accessories around each role.
Technology already in the Foresolutions stack
Customer proof
From unreliable legacy radio to a connected airside operation.
Cobalt Ground Solutions at Heathrow moved from patchy legacy radio to Push-to-Talk over Cellular, then expanded the same operational programme into digital compliance, asset tracking and vehicle safety.
Cobalt Ground Solutions · Heathrow
A communications problem became a wider operational improvement programme.
The project delivered faster, more reliable airside communication alongside a digital audit trail and connected operational visibility.
Related solutions
Tell us how and where your teams need to communicate.
Start an enquiry →Buyer questions
Push-to-Talk over Cellular: the key buying questions
Straight answers for organisations comparing PoC, PTToC and traditional radio communications.
What is Push-to-Talk over Cellular?
Push-to-Talk over Cellular uses mobile data or Wi-Fi to provide instant one-to-one or group voice communications through smartphones, rugged devices, dedicated PoC radios or desktop dispatch applications.
How is PTToC different from two-way radio?
Traditional two-way radio communicates over dedicated radio spectrum and infrastructure. PTToC uses IP connectivity, making it easier to connect users over large geographic areas and add software features such as dispatch, location and messaging. The best choice depends on coverage, resilience, licensing and workflow.
Can PTToC connect workers across multiple sites?
Yes. Because PTToC works over cellular data and Wi-Fi, authorised users can usually communicate across sites, regions or countries rather than being limited to one local radio system, subject to network availability and platform configuration.
PoC radio · PTToC · 4G/5G/Wi-Fi communications
PoC radio gives teams push-to-talk behaviour without relying on a local radio network.
Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PTToC), also called PoC radio, uses 4G, 5G or Wi-Fi to provide group voice communications across sites and wider geographic areas. It is particularly useful where teams are distributed beyond the practical coverage of a conventional on-site radio system.
Multi-site
Connect teams across wider areas
Cellular connectivity can support users across multiple sites, regions or mobile operations without deploying a dedicated repeater network everywhere.
Dispatch & channels
Keep the familiar push-to-talk workflow
Users can work with channels, groups and dispatch-style communications while using purpose-built devices or supported smart devices.
PoC vs DMR
Choose around coverage and resilience
PoC is not automatically a replacement for DMR. Local resilience, cellular availability, site coverage and operating requirements determine which architecture fits best.
Aviation communications: Foresolutions positions aviation operational communications around Zello/PTToC. We do not position DMR as the aviation communications solution on this site.
Architecture check
Test cellular coverage and dispatch workflow before replacing local radio.
PTToC is strongest when the network, device estate and operational workflow support it. Compare that with DMR rather than assuming one technology should replace the other everywhere.
Evaluating the platform? See Zello push-to-talk for business and how Foresolutions designs channels, devices and deployment.