Cellhire offering customers Push to Talk technology

Communications company Cellhire is to offer its customers Mobile Tornado’s Push to Talk technology.

Harrogate-based Mobile Tornado’s technology allows people to make two way conversations using traditional mobile phone networks.

York-based Cellhire said the technology will help customers during the busy summer ahead where traditional walkie-talkie frequencies are limited or unavailable.

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Cellhire specialises in short term communication solutions for major global events and the London Olympics in two week will be one of its biggest events.

Mobile Tornado’s Push to Talk technology allows one person to speak while the other listens and can be used on a one to one or one to many basis. The technology uses traditional mobile phone networks allowing instant two way conversations between individuals and groups at the touch of a button.

Matt Bennett, managing director of Cellhire, said: “We’re delighted to be able to offer this innovative technology to our customers.

“We think this will be incredibly useful for our customers, especially during the busy summer we have ahead.”

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The technology will be available to Cellhire’s customers as a fully serviced rental solution for major events and large-scale corporate use.

Jeremy Fenn, Mobile Tornado’s managing director, said: “We are pleased to announce our partnership with Cellhire. Enterprises throughout the world are demanding ever-increasing efficiencies from their workforce and our Instant Communication solutions provide a more effective way to communicate”.

Mobile Tornado’s technology allows users to know the availability status of all the phones in their group.

Cellhire said the new Push-To-Talk technology will join an existing fleet of smartphones, mobile phones, USB modems and mobile wi-fi hotspots.

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Cellhire signed up over 3,000 corporate and private customers seeking cheaper mobile phone tariffs during Euro 2012.

The company signed up the English, Spanish and French football teams as well as broadcasters BBC and BSkyB.

Customers were able to make phone calls from the Ukraine and Poland at a considerably cheaper rate than if they travelled there and used their normal tariffs.

Price comparison website uSwitch warned that football fans in the Ukraine could face daily costs of £35 a day for ten minutes of calls, five texts and a two-minute voicemail.

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Cellhire offered the same amount of calls, texts and voicemail for less than £4 a day.

Cellhire has signed up the O2 network to provide a similar service during the London Olympics. Both the US and Canadian Olympic teams have signed up for the service.

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