In this new age of Interoperability, companies are demanding more than simple unit to unit radio communications. Cellular telephones and alternative PTT technologies allow for private communications over a nationwide coverage area. By comparision, leasing time on a trunked system or even a community repeater feels like a serious disadvantage. But, what is the alternative?

RoIP (Radio over Internet Protocol) technology offers the building blocks to expand traditional radio networks to other geographic areas and other modes of communication. This is the heart of Unified Group Communications. Now those users without radios (and without the budget to buy more radios) can make incremental upgrades to expand the utility of their existing infrastructure. Geographically seperated locations within an organization can be linked regardless of the distances involved. No new link frequencies to coordinate, no new antennas to erect, and no budget increase for rented radio sites. When a business outgrows its RoIP system, it can be scaled to fit the demands. By adding different types of RoIP gateways, new modes of communication can be added to the system, such as iDEN, POTS or VoIP dial-in capability, a soft console running on a laptop computer, even 3G wireless access. The culmination comes when it's all tied together with management software that makes it all hum like a well-tuned engine.