Vital Alert's Underground Radio two-way voice and data technology dramatically extends the reach and capabilities of communication devices and control systems into extreme environments beyond traditional communications systems.

Vital Alert licenses its Underground Radio (UGR™), a new and disruptive wireless communication technology that overcomes the barriers of RF signal penetration through several hundred feet of high-density materials such as earth, concrete, water, rock, metal and debris. The unparalleled technology, developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, enables voice, data and video communication in extreme environments such as mines, tunnels, subways and high-rise buildings, extending signal reach beyond the limitations of current radio frequency signals used by emergency services personnel.

The technology opens up opportunities in mining applications for the emergency warning and rescue of underground miners, and for data transmission solutions into extreme and ‘impossible’ environments. These new capabilities will drive huge productivity improvements, taking mining and industrial operations to a whole new level of performance.

The new technology can also be embedded in wireless or hard-wired networks to extend monitoring and control of industrial production control systems enabling huge cost savings in deployment, maintenance and adding new capabilities. In addition to the technology's voice and data component, when applied to safety and security applications, it provides complete signal coverage in difficult and ‘impossible’ situations and allows critical data to be communicated and monitored.