Relay and Celona Partner to Boost Worker Safety in Industrial Settings

RALEIGH, N.C. and CAMPBELL, Calif., Oct. 13, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Relay Inc. and Celona have partnered to enhance worker safety and operational efficiency in industrial environments by addressing connectivity challenges. The collaboration leverages Celona's private 5G LAN to extend reliable connectivity for Relay's system, which is designed for physical operations.

Industrial facilities often face significant connectivity issues due to their vast size, dense metal structures, and remote locations. Traditional wireless technologies like public cellular and Wi-Fi can struggle in these environments, leading to dead zones where communication is compromised. This can pose serious safety risks for frontline workers and hinder the smooth operation of industrial processes.

Celona's Orion platform, which combines private 5G and Wi-Fi, ensures consistent communications across large industrial campuses. Relay's push-to-talk radios, which are ruggedized and designed for use in noisy and hazardous environments, can now operate reliably in these challenging areas. The partnership addresses the limitations of traditional two-way radios and Wi-Fi, providing a robust solution for maintaining critical communications.

Relay captures spoken observations from frontline workers and turns them into actionable insights for the systems already in use by enterprises. This system is particularly useful in environments where workers cannot easily type instructions into digital workplace applications. The partnership with Celona ensures that Relay devices can operate seamlessly on Celona's network, extending coverage into the most difficult areas of industrial facilities.

The companies have tested Relay devices on Celona's network and found them to be fully operational out of the box. Real-time translation across 35 languages, leveraging AI models specifically tuned for manufacturing, helps maintain multilingual coordination among workers. Panic alerts and location context features further enhance worker safety by providing immediate assistance when needed.

Relay is used by nearly 10 percent of the Fortune 500 companies and processes over one billion data points weekly from the nearly 10,000 sites it's deployed across various sectors, including manufacturing, hospitality, and healthcare. The partnership with Celona is expected to significantly improve the reliability and coverage of communications in these environments, ensuring that frontline workers remain connected and safe.

By combining private 5G and Wi-Fi, Celona and Relay are addressing the connectivity challenges faced by industrial facilities, thereby improving worker safety and operational efficiency. This partnership marks a significant step in enhancing the reliability of communications in some of the world's most demanding environments.