Salisbury FC is currently pushing for promotion from the Southern League Premier South division, and they turned to Chat-Com to help with the Security and Logistics at the Stadium during their busy match days. With 2 games to go in the regular season, Salisbury have a chance to secure a home tie in the end of season play offs.  This is bringing bigger crowds to the Ray Mac Stadium which increases the need for a robust and organised security team. The Chat-Com radios will ensure the Security Teams can communicate quickly and clearly during match days, with noise reducing digital au ..read more

  Chat-Com is proud to be working with Salisbury Cathedral to deploy their new two-way digital radio network.  After using an analogue radio system for a number of years, Rob Douglas, Floor Manager at the Cathedral, was looking to make the upgrade to digital. Chat-Com visited the site to demonstrate the PH600 digital UHF radio from Caltta.  The PH600 is IP68 rated for water and dust, includes a high capacity 2600 mAh Li-Ion battery, high quality digital audio and all the safety features that Rob was looking for.  We discussed the use of the ‘Man Down’ feature, to provide a ..read more

  Friends of Stour Connect is a charitable organisation dedicated to improving facilities and access at the Stour Connect Day Centre in Sturminster Newton, Dorset.  The group was founded 5 years ago and rely on a team of volunteers to provide services for people with additional needs. They provide a range of services including: Café Connect Meals on Wheels Men’s Shed Hydrotherapy Pool Charity Shop We’ve relied on the brilliant breakfast baps from the Café to keep us going through the day, and indulged in the odd slice of cake too.  They cook everything fresh to order and it’s ..read more

On 14th March, Chat-Com hosted the first Severe Weather Innovations Day at the Motorola Solutions Innovation centre in Victoria, London. We invited representatives from the Severe Weather Teams at Bear Scotland, Amey and Transport Scotland to see how the latest Motorola communication technology could help them in their drive to improve fleet logistics and staff health and safety. We reviewed the latest updates to the WAVE PTX platform, including the new TLK110 handportable and the ‘Safeguarding’ package. The TLK110 has introduced a range of health and safety features, which make it an ideal s ..read more

We are excited to announce an extended collaboration with The Compleat Food Group in Poole! Having used the Chat-Com network for the past 3 years, The Compleat Food Group have upgraded their equipment and signed a further 3-year service deal to provide them with the latest communications technology. We have provided 49 brand new Hytera H Series radios with Bluetooth to the engineering and production teams to keep their staff connected and working efficiently, even in the loudest environments. Thanks to the Peltor 3M Noise-Cancelling headset with situational awareness, staff can communicate cle ..read more

Chat-Com is pleased to supply a new range of radios that complements its existing product portfolio. Caltta Technologies was established in 2012 and is now a leading provider of integrated professional communication solutions. The Caltta digital radio range includes products for both conventional and multichannel trunking, eChat PTT over Cellular, emergency communications, integrated communication command, and other products and solutions. The Caltta PH6XX series radios are constructed to a MIL standard and are IP68 sealed ensuring they will continue to work even in the harshest of environment ..read more

Ensuring safety and efficiency through improved communications Clayesmore, an independent school in North Dorset, approached Chat-Com looking for improved radio communication as their existing radio system needed an upgrade and was no longer fit for purpose.  Read full case study  Chat-Com provided a solution that was customised to suit Clayesmore’s specific site requirements to improve safety, efficiency, and communication. We provided: A suite of 42 new digital Hytera PD6 series radios Panic alarm / All-call functionality Private calling to individual radios, just like a mobile p ..read more

Improve Health and Safety with a Professional Radio Network Health and safety is a primary focus for many organisations operating in harsh and hazardous environments, especially within the construction industry. The importance of reliable, rugged communication devices designed specifically for these environments is essential to improving worker health and safety. According to a research report by Hytera and Health and Safety at Work, many construction sites use mobile devices as their primary means of communication. Of the organisations interviewed, 81.8% stated that the most common device us ..read more

  Having supplied radios to Severfield across two large scale construction projects in Ireland and Finland, Chat-Com have been tasked with a restore and repair job for a third project in London for the Shepperton studios expansion. We supplied the Motorola DP4000 series radios – mixture of display and non-display radios. These radios have been used over the last three years across two large scale construction sites in adverse weather conditions. Pictured above are the radios before and after. The radios are now being used into their fourth year, which shows the lifespan and robust nature ..read more

Chat-Com was contacted by Viterra, who were looking to improve coverage on their wide-ranging Portland site. Viterra needed to improve the coverage between the top office, weighbridge, grain warehouse and dockside. They had a requirement for communication between radios installed in vehicles (loaders, hoppers, cranes) and handheld radios for the staff working across the site. The site suffers from poor mobile reception, so Viterra needed a reliable network with which to communicate efficiently. Chat-com provided a network providing different channels for each area of the site, allowing teams t ..read more