Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Utilities”
By tapping into the increased bandwidth of cellular networks, it is now possible to build cost-effective solutions for video monitoring that can be easily set-up and maintained. The surveillance solution developed by RTO uses a number of top-of-the-line devices that when working together in concert expand flexibility and scalability, reduce total cost of ownership… Read more…
We were contacted by one of the nation’s largest blast monitoring companies. Established in 2012 and based in North Carolina, the company monitors the impact of controlled blasting in quarries across the US. Organizations like them need to deliver fast and reliable data transmissions to their clients and the regulatory agencies that oversee them. Read more…
Fleet connectivity is critical to managing a host of utility vehicles spread over geographic areas. Whether those vehicles are transporting materials or field service workers, once they are equipped with routers, they gain access to internal and external WiFi, telemetry data, GPS, video, vehicle health data, and real-time driver scorecard monitoring. RTO helps its’ clients offer… Read more…
Enterprises across various public and private industries are utilizing a myriad of security and mass notification systems to keep their people and facilities safe and secure. Unfortunately, many of these systems have been configured to depend upon T1 hardline connections to properly function — leaving their organization exposed should that connection fail… Read more…
Utilities have used “direct transfer trip” (DTT) for many years, and DTT has always required highly reliable communications between all the components of the system. In the past, energy companies would have deployed copper telephone lines for this mission-critical communication, but with local telephone companies investing less in copper landlines, cellular solutions are needed. Read more…
For decades, waste collection companies utilized paper route-books for their drivers to identify and map service areas, in combination with a record and report regarding whether or not a bins contents had been successfully collected. To improve the speed and accuracy of reported collection data, these organizations have reached out to RTO clients for cellular solutions. Read more…
Lift stations are a critical part of wastewater collection and treatment systems. Depending on the size of the communities they serve, municipal wastewater utilities might need to monitor and maintain up to hundreds of lift stations in remote locations, both expensive and time-consuming. To ensure efficient treatment of wastewater and prevent system failures… Read more…
More often than not, electricity travels through mountains, over lakes, under rivers, across deserts, and within other remote landscapes. With stations, and substations, transformers, sectionalizers, reclosers, and all of natures majesty to traverse it’s vital to have a birds-eye view of the entire system, and that’s what RTO’s cellular solutions deliver… Read more…
