Security companies
Guards, patrol teams and response vehicles, where the operational problem is knowing where people are and reaching them instantly.
A security operation is a communications problem before it is anything else. A guard who cannot raise the control room quickly has no backup, and a control room that cannot see where its patrols are is coordinating from memory.
This is the sector where PoC radios earn their keep most obviously: teams spread across a city share one channel, an SOS button reaches designated contacts, and the guard patrol function can be mapped so a route is verifiable rather than asserted. Location playback turns "the patrol was done" into something that can be checked.
Solutions
What applies to this sector.
Vehicle tracking
Live GPS tracking, route playback, trip reports and geofence alerts for one vehicle or a fleet — with remote immobilisation where it is configured, and anti-jamming options where the risk warrants them.
Vehicle and asset recovery tracking
A wire-free magnetic tracker with up to three years of battery life, built for stolen vehicle recovery and asset protection — deployed in seconds, with removal alerts and configurable reporting.
Radio communication — PTT and PoC
Two-way radio for teams that need to talk instantly: short-range radios for a site, and PoC radios that carry voice over 4G so a driver in Mombasa and a dispatcher in Nairobi share one channel.
Hardware
Equipment used in this sector.
Prices shown are excl. VAT.
Inrico S-200 PoC Radio
An Android push-to-talk handset with a 3.1-inch touch screen, 13MP rear camera, NFC and a 4000mAh battery rated at 40 hours standby and 12 hours talk time.
KES 30,000
Inrico T-521 PoC Radio
A network-connected push-to-talk handset with GPS, programmable emergency buttons, guard patrol mapping and a 5000mAh battery, operating on a cellular data card rather than a radio frequency.
KES 22,000
Baofeng BF-888s Short-Range Radio
A 16-channel UHF handheld on 420–450 MHz with a 1500mAh lithium-ion battery, hands-free VOX, an emergency alarm and PC programming.
KES 3,500
Baofeng UV-5R Short-Range Radio
A dual-band handheld with 128 channels, switchable 5W high or 1W low transmit power, a dual-band display with dual standby, and built-in VOX.
KES 5,500
Baofeng UV-82 Dual-Band Short-Range Radio
A dual-band VHF and UHF handheld with 128 programmable memory channels and a dual push-to-talk rocker that transmits on either of two frequencies without changing channel.
KES 6,500
Inrico TM-7 PoC Mobile and Base Station
The fixed and vehicle-mounted unit in the range — 12V/24V powered, dual SIM, colour touch screen, dual-band Wi-Fi, a 5W speaker and external GPS and GSM antennas.
KES 30,000
Kenwood TK-3000 Short-Range Radio
A 16-channel UHF handheld covering 440–480 MHz, with priority scan, selectable wide or narrow channel bandwidth, busy channel lockout and Windows programming.
KES 6,500
Tell us how you operate.
Sectors differ less than operations within them. Tell us the vehicles, the routes and what has gone wrong before, and we will tell you what is worth fitting.