The Background
specialized by stc is the company that enables stc to offer critical communications and security services.Established in 2001, it provides instant group wireless communication solutions and services to the business, government, industrial and commercial sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The company provides reliable, safe and customized critical communication solutions largely based on TETRA two-way radio. It offers permanent and temporary critical communication solutions for emergency and sensitive government services, such as the health, Hajj, and industrial sectors.
The Challenge
The key driver for specialized by stc is the need to help safeguard lives and improve productivity in the government, industrial and commercial sectors it serves. Having access to instant group communications ensures all personnel are able to cooperate more effectively. This not only improves productivity but also enhances safety, as responses to emergency incidents can be organized more quickly and efficiently.
The oil and gas industry is the mainstay of the Saudi Arabian economy and more than any other sector it has to deal with explosive gases and liquids all the time. So, the industry needs intrinsically safe, highly reliable, explosion-proof radios capable of operating in potentially explosive environments.
Similarly, chemical plants have to process flammable gases, liquids and solids, while the mining industry also faces the hazard of having to work in environments that may contain a variety of explosive gases and dusts, especially methane gas in coal mines. Firefighters also need radios that can operate safety in potentially explosive conditions.
To properly serve these sectors, specialized by stc needed to be able to supply highly reliable, explosion-proof radios, so personnel can communicate safely at all times in hazardous environments.
The Solution
Hytera has a strong track record of working in cooperation with specialized by stc to provide communication solutions to Saudi enterprises like Saudi Chevron, Naqaba International and Saudi Aramco.
On this occasion, specialized by stc approached Hytera with a requirement for easy-to-use and efficient communications tools capable of meeting the stringent explosion-proof standards for radio devices in potentially explosive atmospheres.
Hytera provided specialized by stc with its TETRA PT790Ex hand portable radio terminals. The PT790Ex is the world’s first intrinsically safe TETRA radio to offer maximum safety levels, as its “ia” certification means it can operate not just in Zone 1 and 2 conditions where explosive atmospheres are sometimes present, but also in Zone O conditions where explosive atmospheres containing a mix of air and combustible gases, vapours or mists are permanently present.
The terminal is also cleared to work in M1 areas, which are the potentially explosive environments in mines. The PT790Ex contains a triple protective circuit with strict PCB design and high EMC performance making it by far the safest radio in the world.
The PT790Ex shell is made of a light metal to ensure it cannot trigger a mechanical spark, which helps to maximize its reliability in explosive environments. It features a 1.8-inch, 65536-colour, LCD screen made of tough and crack-proof material, which can be clearly displayed under bright sunlight.
The Benefits
Ultra Safe Radio Operation
The Hytera PT790Ex radio offers the safest operation of any radio in all kinds of hazardous environments such as gas stations, oil platforms, chemical plants, flour mills, airports and other sectors that have to deal with potentially inflammable or explosive conditions.
Personal Safety Device
The PT790Ex includes functions such as GPS/GNSS positioning, Man Down and Lone Worker alerts and emergency alarms, so it significantly improves the safety of individual radio users. These safety features make it much easier and faster for control centers and colleagues to locate and send help to a worker if they have an accident or are in trouble.
Robust and Reliable
The radio is both dustproof and waterproof (IP67 certified) and can withstand knocks, drops and vibration, so it can continue to operate even in the harsh desert conditions of Saudi Arabia.
Future Possibilities
The Hytera PT790Ex is compatible with any kind of TETRA system as it conforms to the open TETRA standard, and its worth has been well proven in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and indeed, the whole world. Therefore, the Hytera PT790Ex is the top choice for more and more people in the major industry sectors in KSA and the world.