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Guides and comparisons written from twenty years of installing this gear in New Zealand. No gated forms, no sign-ups — read them, decide for yourself, and talk to us when you are ready.
Guides
Our latest guides and articles
Each of these started as a conversation we kept having with customers. If yours is not here, ring us and we will answer it properly.
Seven reasons vehicle Wi-Fi is essential for fleets
Better coverage than a phone alone, lower data costs, mobile offices and connected safety systems. Why NZ fleets are fitting in-vehicle routers, and how to choose a kit.
Read the guide → Towing and recoveryHealth and safety for towing and recovery fleets
Body cameras, PoC radios with SOS and man-down, light bars, reversing cameras and GPS tracking, all brought together by PoC dispatch.
Read the guide → Lone worker appA scalable lone worker app
Turn your team's phones into push-to-talk radios with Press2Talk, extend coverage with vehicle Wi-Fi or Starlink, and add a PLB where no network reaches.
Read the guide → Lone worker safetyLone worker safety in New Zealand
Your duties under HSWA, why time to help is the real risk, and what SOS, man-down, check-in timers and live location actually change for someone working alone.
Read the guide → Waste and recyclingTransfer station and recycling centre safety
Heavy plant, the public and battery fires on one site. The NZ incidents, what HSWA and WorkSafe expect, and how two-way radio keeps site staff safer.
Read the guide → Traffic managementSeven ways PoC radio improves traffic management
Stop/go across any length of site, crew-wide warnings, SOS with location, live GPS and one console for every crew, written for NZGTTM-era TTM operators.
Read the guide → Push-to-talk over cellularHow to choose a PoC radio
Nine devices, one decision. Coverage, battery, ruggedness and safety features — and the cases where you do not need a radio at all.
Read the guide → ComparisonDMR vs push-to-talk over cellular
Two ways to solve the same problem. Where each one genuinely wins, and the handful of questions that actually decide it.
Read the comparison → Push-to-talk over cellularWhy PoC is replacing traditional radio
What changed, why fleets are moving across, and the situations where traditional radio is still the right answer.
Read the guide → Two-way radioWhen to install a repeater at your site
The point at which a simplex system stops being enough, what a repeater actually changes, and what it commits you to.
Read the guide → Two-way radioEight ways to get better sound quality
Poor audio slows the job down, causes mistakes and becomes a safety problem. Eight fixes, and most of them cost nothing.
Read the guide → Radio serviceNetwork monitoring, all you need to know
What can be monitored on a repeater network, what it catches before your people do, and why it makes maintenance cheaper.
Read the guide →Downloads
Comparison charts, for when you are shortlisting
Side-by-side specifications across the Kirisun range. Nothing to fill in — the PDFs open straight away.
PoC radio comparison
Every push-to-talk over cellular model side by side: display, battery, sealing, SIM and what each one is built for.
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DMR radio comparison
Handhelds and mobiles across the DMR range, with the specifications that actually differ between them.
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Repeater comparison
Repeater options compared, for working out what a site actually needs before anyone quotes it.
Open PDF →Specifications change as manufacturers update their ranges. If you are making a decision off one of these, ask us to confirm the detail that matters — we would rather check than have you find out after it ships.
Where to next
Done reading?
The pages behind each of these go into what we supply and what it costs.
Still not sure which way to go?
That is the normal state, and it is what we are for. Tell us what the site or the fleet looks like and we will tell you what suits it — including when the cheaper option is the right one.
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