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Zello is a mobile app (available for Android and iOS) that turns smartphones into two-way radios. Key features include:


Beyond emergencies, Australia’s resource sector uses Zello extensively. Fly-in-fly-out (FIFO) workers on mine sites in the Pilbara or Bowen Basin use private channels to coordinate vehicle movements and safety checks where UHF radios might have dead zones. Small-scale farmers in the Wheatbelt use family Zello channels to call the kids in for smoko or ask the neighbor to bring a spare shear pin for the baler. zello+channels+australia

While Zello operates over the internet, impersonating emergency services (Police, Ambulance, Fire Rescue) on a channel is a serious criminal offence in Australia, carrying fines of up to $60,000. Do not name your channel "NSW Police Dispatch" unless you are that agency. Zello is a mobile app (available for Android