FM RDS Utilities

Live feeds to Big Crowd without a Network?

Analog Radio broadcast, perhaps the only option stands out even today as the last mile connecting medium capable to serve unlimited users in real-time during the emergencies.

Understanding its potential capabilities far beyond the usage of news/music, we are enhancing its possibilities
to a greater dimension where in this can serve a number of use cases to the common man & BoP in India where the Connectivity, Affordability & Skill Gaps still remains a barrier to major part of our population.

Bridging the Sweet spot with the best combination of FM Radio, GPS Navigation, Offline Map & Audio-Visual-Text features on a Smartphone. Moving from the 'audio only' mode towards an enhanced level of experience in using the mobile app with Audio, Text, Visual, Animated & Accurate location indications in a fully offline environment can address a number of our country specific pain points very effectively.

'FM RDS Utilities' is a novel system & architecture which can serve for mass public in addressing a variety of challenges where the Connectivity, Affordability & Skill gap remain the main barriers, especialy for sub-urban and rural population. On the other side, for Govt/authorities enabling & managing the system, this can considerably reduce the Management efforts, Operational costs & Reduced risk of service outage.

FM RDS Utility is capable of serving 12+ use cases for Mass Public as well as for the Government during emergencies as well as at times when the internet connectivity is disrupted due to network congestion or poor coverage at far off-rural outskirts.

The system works based on the in-built FM Radio Receiver in Smartphones by using the RDS feature (Radio Data Service) / Radio Text Service to receive the data over the air being transmitted from a dedicated device (FM RDS Broadcaster) installed on Vehicle or at fixed locations or in the service area of interest.

Users need to plug-in earphones and run the FM RDS Utility App which can instantly receive the live feeds from FM RDS Broadcaster Devices within __km of coverage. The app can perform Text Notifications, Audio & Visual indications, Animated alerts, Geographic location co-ordinates on offline map, thus making it a great utility for both mass public as well as the government.