The ubiquitous mobile phone, also known as cellular mobile communications, continues to soar in popularity, but cost remains a crucial factor.
Every call is metered and charged for, either by pre-payment or a regular network subscription.
To use a phone for communications and connections between personnel within a single organisation or a small geographical area is rather like spending money on postage to send a message to a colleague in the same building. PMR is the oldest form of mobile communications it has been in use for over 70 years. It is used by many taxi and courier firms, security guards and utility companies. Many rural businesses choose the PMR option, because they find that they simply do not have mobile phone coverage, or they are in an area where the network frequently goes down. PMR is particularly well suited to operations requiring the passing of frequent short voice or data messages from a central point to individuals or groups of personnel.