- Instant PTT communication: Connect team members for group or private push-to-talk calls across supported devices, networks, and locations.
- Multimedia messaging: Share text, photos, videos, and file attachments when voice alone does not give the team enough detail.
- Location and mapping: Track team members on a map, share locations, find addresses, and set meeting places.
- One application and two modes: Switch between PTT Radio for a conventional radio experience and Standard for managing contacts and talkgroups on the device.
- Talkgroup scanning with priority: Monitor up to 20 talkgroups and give selected groups priority, helping dispatchers follow important calls.
- Call recording: Record PTT calls manually or automatically for later playback or export.
- Geofencing: Define an area and receive a notification when talkgroup members enter or leave it.
WAVE PTX
Broadband push-to-talk, dispatch, location, and radio interoperability
Updated August 28, 2026
WAVE PTX Overview
Motorola Solutions WAVE PTX Push to Talk (PTT) is a communication service that connects teams across phones, radios, and other devices. Workers use it for group or private voice calls and to share text, photos, videos, and files.
It is for organizations with staff who need fast contact while working in different places. Field teams can communicate over broadband networks, while dispatchers can coordinate workers through a web-based dispatch application.
Key Features
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing and scope |
|---|---|---|
| Contact sales | Per-user WAVE PTX subscription. Motorola Solutions states that the service has no capital expenses or long-term commitments. |
No free trial is currently listed.
Pricing source: Motorola Solutions WAVE PTX
Pros
| Competitor | Pros |
|---|---|
| Zello Work | Motorola Solutions WAVE PTX combines its app and dispatch service with Motorola TLK broadband radios. Zello Work says it can turn any device into a radio, while WAVE gives teams a named purpose-built radio in the same Motorola product family. |
| Orion Push to Talk | WAVE PTX works with Motorola TLK broadband radios as well as phone apps and web dispatch. Orion also lists PTT devices and radio interoperability, while WAVE gives teams already using Motorola TLK hardware a direct same-vendor path. |
Cons
| Competitor | Cons |
|---|---|
| Zello Work | Zello Work can run in the cloud or on an organization’s own servers. Its current service also supports Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS, giving teams more deployment choices than the main WAVE PTX service page lists. |
| Orion Push to Talk | Orion adds voice-driven workflows and two-way speech translation for more than 60 languages to its PTT platform. That gives multilingual or process-heavy frontline teams functions beyond the communication and dispatch tools listed for Motorola Solutions WAVE PTX. |
Reviews
- POC Radio HQ (Rating 4.5/5 from 210 owner reports & spec analysis). The review likes WAVE PTX for connecting with existing Motorola LMR systems, supporting phones and dedicated hardware, and providing centralized user management. It says the product can be too much for smaller organizations, requires IT involvement for deployment, and does not publish accessible pricing for small teams or individuals.
