RADIO OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL (ROIP)    

  

 

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Context

• In view of a much needed solution for providing effective long range Marine communication, the Radio over Internet Protocol (ROIP) System at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port, Kolkata (SMP, Kolkata), was inaugurated.

 

About

• ROIP system is being introduced as a marine communication mode, for the first time in any Major Indian Port.
• It shall cover the entire Hugli river Estuary from Kolkata to Sandheads, having base stations at 4 Locations.
• With this facility, vessels at Sandheads can be directly communicated via Radio, from Kolkata, specially during storms and inclement weather.
• Radio over Internet Protocol, or RoIP, is similar to Voice over IP (VoIP), but augments two-way radio communications rather than telephone calls.

 

https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1766540

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