Tait's UnifyVoice app installed on Sonim rugged cellphones

Sonim's ultra-rugged Android smartphones provide a platform for UnifyVoice, Tait's push-to-talk (PTT) over cellular (PTToC) solution, allowing public safety agencies and industrial enterprises to extend their LMR networks to include non-radio users and freeing up critical radio capacity.

Sonim's smartphones feature a built-in dedicated push-to-talk button, emergency key, long battery life, extra-loud audio and overall ruggedness.

"The ability to withstand whatever conditions the job demands is a hallmark of Tait equipment and Sonim has a similarly high standard with its cellular handsets," said Bruce Mazza, Tait Communications' VP of solutions marketing.

"Through UnifyVoice customers can supply some of their employees with an appropriate, work-fit cellular phone that interacts seamlessly with their radio network users – perhaps people who would not normally be frontline but who, especially in times of emergency, need to be in communication with those who mainly use the mobile radio network to do their jobs. This ultimately leads to more effective communications and a safer, more productive environment for users on the ground.