Seamless Communication at Complex Sites: Solving the Multi-Radio Puzzle

In high-security, high-activity environments like airports, ports, public safety centers, and industrial facilities, communication is the lifeblood of operations. Yet, in many of these settings, teams rely on multiple diverse radio systems. Ground handling crews might use analogue VHF, emergency services may depend on TETRA or P25, while air traffic controllers communicate over UHF. Add in marine radios, trunked systems, and encrypted channels, and you’re left with a fragmented ecosystem of communication tools, one where crucial information can get lost or delayed.

This fragmentation isn’t just inconvenient. It can delay response times, reduce situational awareness, and increase the risk of errors, especially in environments where seconds count.

That’s why Radio over IP (RoIP) has emerged as a transformative technology for mission-critical sectors. By converting traditional radio signals into digital IP streams, RoIP enables multiple radio systems, regardless of brand, frequency band, or modulation, to be accessed, routed, and managed through a unified platform. This allows operators to listen, speak, monitor, and control communications across all systems from a single screen.

Our own RoIP solution Mimer Softradio is currently deployed at airports, ports, utilities, and command centers in over 70 countries. In many of these installations, our customers manage complex combinations of more than 60 radio types from leading manufacturers such as Motorola, Sepura, Kenwood, Icom, Jotron, and more.

But our solution goes further. In addition to radio system integration, we also support the connection of PA (public address) systems, telephone networks, and audio accessories. Operators can control loudspeakers or make paging announcements directly from the same interface they use for radio dispatching. Phone lines and intercom systems can be patched into communication groups, allowing truly unified voice operations.

We even offer purpose-built microphones and accessories designed specifically for demanding RoIP environments, ensuring durability, clarity, and intuitive use.

Users can either operate our Mimer Softradio dispatcher, which provides an intuitive GUI with soft panels representing radio control heads, or they can use our API to integrate the core RoIP engine into their own command and control platform. This gives both flexibility and scalability from small control rooms to nationwide systems.

At the heart of all this lies a simple idea: communications should be seamless, not siloed. When dispatchers and operators can access all voice systems from one place, coordination improves, stress levels drop, and mission outcomes are enhanced.

Example from Scandinavian Airline Systems

Night time watch from one common dispatch site.

Want to see how your team could benefit from integrated voice communications? Visit www.lse.se to learn more or request a live demo.