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ATEX: How to Get Messages Out to Workers At Speed

14/09/2021
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Two-way communication has evolved over the years. Wind the clock back to 1844, and you’ll find Samuel Morse demonstrating the first telegraph to members of Congress in Washington, DC., typing out the message “what hath God wrought?”. 

Wind the clock forward to 2021, and you’ll find 4.9 billion mobile device users, benefitting from a communication concept that started 177 years ago – albeit with advanced technology and digital capabilities. 

For businesses operating in ATEX environments, the need to utilise a solution that offers instant communication is crucial. Today, we discuss the latest  topic in our ATEX 12 pain points series, how to get messages out to workers at speed. 

Send a text message

To get messages out to workers at speed, a solution that doesn’t involve speaking via an ATEX radio, but instead uses data and text, is required. And like so many of us take advantage of for everyday use, that solution is text messaging.   

ATEX radios, with a digital interface and keypad, can send and receive text messages in real-time – making it a solution that’s a perfect alternative to a smartphone.  

Here’s a snapshot of the benefits of using text messaging on-site: 

Instant communication without the need to make a radio call
End users can send and receive messages, giving them a real-time solution
Group messaging so multiple users can be reached at once
You can create pre-defined messages from a radio dispatch system
The ability to still receive important communications when the environment makes calls difficult to hear

If you use radios without a digital interface or keypad, you can take advantage of a handy text-to-speech feature – which will read out messages sent to the device. 

Life on the go

We live in a time where everything from fast food to movies are available in almost a blink of an eye. People don’t have to wait around for burgers to cook or trailers to end - and can live life on the go as much as they see fit. 

If you relate that to life on-site, workers need to be able move around freely, do their job, and keep production lines ticking over without interruption or being slowed down. Giving them the ability to receive updates via text on their ATEX radio, or send messages that don’t require a radio call, can help speed up processes and improve efficiency on-site. 

Not only that, but 90% of text messages tend to be opened within three minutes of being received. A missed call can take hours, if not days, to be rectified when it comes to conveying the original message. 

With workers staying connected so important to successful site operations, having a text messaging feature on-site could be the difference between thriving production lines and missed opportunities. 

It’s a mobile world

It’s safe to say that mobile phones, smartphone devices, whatever you want to call them, are popular on a global scale. And when it comes to this country, the statistics are evidence of just how important a handheld mobile device can be. he UK has the highest smartphone penetration in the world. 

From a population of 67 million, the UK boasts 55 million smartphone users – that’s 82.9% of the country. That’s the highest smartphone penetration in the world, based on how many people of the total population use them. 

With smartphones off-limits on-site, it’s vital that workers can still take advantage of real-time messaging capabilities. Without it, efficiency, productivity, and safety will suffer. And at the end of the day, why wouldn’t you let your workforce benefit from something they’re so used to outside of your surroundings? 

Book a FREE Demonstration

If you would like to find out more about how your business could take advantage of text messaging, and all the other features and software we provide, then book a FREE demonstration of our ultra-smart TRBOCALL system today.

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