Turn "Calling Someone" into "Knowing Where They Are" — Seeking Two-Way Radio and PoC Vendors to Co-Create Safety Communication Devices

A two-way radio solves reaching someone. What workplace safety actually needs is knowing where they are. P-Square seeks DMR digital radio and PoC network radio vendors to co-create positioning-enabled safety communication devices — you own the hardware, we provide the indoor positioning algorithm.

2. Industry Focus: Safety Communication Abroad Has Converged on Communication + Location + Duress

A single device integrating communication, location and duress is now standard in the safety market

Worker safety solutions abroad have long stopped being communication devices alone — the radio also integrates satellite positioning, fall and no-motion detection, one-touch duress and real-time back-end monitoring into a single unit. For high-risk industries such as petrochemicals, construction, mining and utilities, whether the system can immediately locate someone in trouble is often the decisive purchasing criterion, ahead of communication quality.

Market signals

Procurement logic has changed: the purchase is no longer a radio but a safety solution, with higher unit value and stickiness.
Regulation and audit drive it: occupational safety management requires traceable movement and event records, and the communication device is the natural carrier.
Two technology tracks coexist: DMR digital radio and PoC over cellular each have their environments, and both need positioning.

The gap: satellite positioning fails indoors, and most incidents happen indoors

Almost all integrated safety communication devices rely on satellite positioning. But plants, cleanrooms, tunnels, basements and large warehouses — precisely the high-risk areas — are exactly where satellite signals cannot reach. The last reported position is often the door they walked through. This is the gap indoor positioning fills.

How indoor positioning covers it

Bluetooth / Wi-Fi positioning: reuses existing site networks or deploys at low cost, resolving floor and zone.
UWB positioning: 10–30 cm accuracy in critical areas, suited to high-risk work zones.
No-motion alerting: prolonged immobility in a zone raises an automatic alert without the user having to press anything.

3. Value-Add Pain Points for Radio Vendors, and What P-Square Offers

Taiwanese radio and wireless vendors have complete RF design, certification and channel capability; what is missing is the indoor positioning algorithm and field experience.

What P-Square provides:

Indoor positioning is the most visible gap in current safety devices: Satellite positioning is mature and free outdoors, but fails the moment a worker enters a plant, tunnel or basement. Adding indoor positioning takes the product from outdoor-trackable to trackable everywhere — a clear specification differentiator and a scoring advantage in tenders.
Duress and no-motion detection are already implemented: P-Square tags already provide one-touch duress and prolonged-immobility alerting, running in semiconductor plants (cleanroom personnel duress integrated with the plant Emergency Response Centre), construction sites (tags with g-sensor and duress button) and hospitals (clinical duress). That event logic transfers directly onto a communication device.
Hardware independent, no need to change your RF design: The algorithm supports BLE 4.0 / 5.0 / 6.0 Channel Sounding, Wi-Fi RSSI and UWB (ToA / PDOA), selectable by product positioning and cost. Most radios already carry a Bluetooth module, so firmware and algorithm work alone can give existing hardware indoor positioning without redesigning the RF circuit.
A complete back end you do not have to build: P-Square provides the RTLS web platform: live map position, restricted-zone alerts, historical records, heat maps, trajectory replay and dwell-time analysis, with RESTful API and iframe integration into your existing dispatch or management platform.

4. Flexible Partnership Models: Co-Creating a Win-Win

Different entry points depending on your product stage and development resources:

Partnership model	Who it suits	What it involves
Firmware and algorithm licensing	Existing DMR / PoC radio vendors	Most models already carry a Bluetooth module, so a firmware update with algorithm integration adds indoor positioning without hardware redesign.
Add-on positioning module	Value-add for existing models / channel partners	An external positioning module or accessory upgrades current models — suited to product lines that must answer tender requirements quickly without touching hardware design.
New model onboard integration	New-generation model developers	Integrate the positioning module and algorithm at the design stage for a differentiated model combining communication, location and duress in one device.
Joint grant applications and joint bidding	Listed and pre-IPO companies, communication majors, system integrators	Apply jointly for government occupational safety and smart-facility grants, or bid together on public sector and large enterprise safety tenders.

5. Frequently Asked Questions

Our radios already have GPS — why add indoor positioning?

Because most workplace incidents happen indoors. Plants, cleanrooms, tunnels, basements and large warehouses all block satellite signals, so the last reported position is often the door the worker walked through. Adding indoor positioning is what makes the product genuinely trackable everywhere.

Do we need to redesign the hardware?

Usually not. Most radios on the market already carry a Bluetooth module, so a firmware update with algorithm integration adds indoor positioning. A UWB module is only recommended where 10–30 cm accuracy is genuinely required. Because the algorithm is hardware independent, the choice follows the product's positioning.

What has to be deployed at the site?

It depends on the technology chosen. Wi-Fi positioning reuses the site's existing APs with no rewiring; Bluetooth requires Locators or beacons, and the P-Square Locator drives four read heads covering five points, cutting hardware volume to about a fifth; UWB requires anchors in critical areas only.

How does position data reach our existing dispatch platform?

P-Square provides RESTful API and iframe integration, so position and events (duress, boundary crossing, prolonged immobility) can be pushed to your platform in real time. If you have no back end, the P-Square RTLS web platform can be used directly.

Is this a module purchase relationship?

No. Our position is that you own the hardware and P-Square provides the positioning algorithm and software, with both parties selling together, bidding together or applying jointly for government grants. RF design, certification and channels are your expertise and we do not interfere.

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