Veolia Environmental Services boosts communication with Zeon Digital
Two-way radio technology in Australia is experiencing a revolution. Digital radio and its wide ranging ancillary benefits is changing the way companies communicate while boosting productivity and providing a safer workplace.
Motorola’s digital two-way radio network, Zeon Digital, has been rolled out along the east coast providing organisations the simplicity of using a single device for both communications and global positioning service (GPS) location services.
End users, including waste management companies, city councils, security agencies, public transport, airlines and taxis, are already subscribers of the network and are experiencing the benefits that come with digital technology.
Veolia Environmental Services, formerly known as Collex, is one of the leading waste management companies in Australia. It is an early adopter of digital technology in the commercial sector, having installed the Zeon Digital radio system – enabling two-way radio, telephone interconnect, global positioning and data links to boost transport, security and business communications.
Describing the effect of Zeon Digital on the company’s business operations, Veolia Environmental Services fleet maintenance manager, Christopher Smith, said the company was benefiting enormously from the digital technology.
“It has surpassed our expectations!” Chris Smith said, “The main issue we faced was reception. Because a lot of our operational areas are hilly, we encountered many dead spots with the previous technology, leading on some occasions to as little as 25 per cent coverage. Zeon Digital has boosted coverage to around 100 per cent.”
Few people realise that the transition of
two-way radio from analogue to digital is not just related to improved voice quality.
It is a quantum leap, bringing a host of add on benefits such as GPS location services, text messaging, network security, encryption, data transfer and single push emergency button.
Mobile and outdoor workers can communicate with greater efficiency, reliability and security.
Veolia, as one of Australia’s foremost advocates for the establishment of safe work practices, places occupational health and safety as a primary concern. The GPS capability built into a digital two-way radio can be used to enhance protection for staff in the field.
“Everyone from management through to the end user has been ecstatic about the boost to communications,” Chris Smith said.
“There is far greater control of the communications. We couldn’t really operate day to day without it.”
*Copy supplied by Zeon Digital
