Remote Workforce & Field Operations
Keep your field crews connected, paid, and safe — even beyond cell coverage
The Problem
Companies with remote field operations — mining, oil and gas, forestry, pipeline maintenance, utility line crews, environmental monitoring, agricultural operations — deploy workers to locations beyond cellular coverage for days or weeks at a time. These crews need to submit timesheets, receive schedule changes, report safety incidents, request supplies, and communicate with supervisors. Current solutions require expensive satellite terminals at each work site ($10,000-50,000 per installation plus $500-3,000/month in airtime), or accept communication blackouts that delay operations, create safety risks, and complicate payroll. Workers can't call home, can't submit time cards in real time, and can't receive urgent schedule changes. When an injury or equipment failure occurs in a dead zone, the communication delay between the incident and the response can be the difference between a minor event and a catastrophe.
How M6:6 Solves It
M6:6 gives every field worker satellite communication capability on their personal smartphone. The SMS bridge enables text messaging for operational coordination — schedule changes, supply requests, safety reports — without per-minute satellite phone charges. The Mite POS handles field transactions: per diem payments, equipment purchases from local suppliers, fuel charges at remote stations. P139 Safety provides automatic incident detection (crash, fall, no-movement) with two-way emergency messaging and precise GPS position reporting for medical evacuation coordination. Herald Translation supports multilingual crews common in mining, oil and gas, and agricultural operations. Queue Burst handles the intermittent connectivity typical of field operations: messages queue when the crew is underground, in a canyon, or otherwise satellite-shaded, and transmit automatically when connectivity is restored.
Key Capabilities
Field Messaging
Text-based crew communication via satellite — schedule changes, supply requests, safety reports
Incident Detection
Automatic crash, fall, and no-movement detection with GPS-located emergency alerts
Time & Expense
Submit timesheets and expense reports from the field via satellite
Field Payments
Process per diem, fuel charges, and local procurement without internet
Multilingual Crews
Real-time translation for international workforce communication
Frequently Asked Questions
How does this work with our existing HR and payroll systems?
M6:6 data exports via API to standard payroll and HR platforms. Timesheet entries, expense reports, and safety incident reports can be pushed to your existing systems when connectivity is available. The tamper-evident Mustard Chain ledger ensures time and expense records are cryptographically verified and resistant to modification.
What happens in areas with no satellite coverage?
Queue Burst stores all messages locally when satellite coverage is unavailable (deep mines, narrow canyons, dense forest canopy). When the worker moves to a location with satellite visibility, all queued messages transmit automatically in priority order. No messages are lost, and the worker doesn't need to manually retransmit.
How does fall/crash detection work?
P139 monitors the device's accelerometer for sudden acceleration patterns consistent with falls, vehicle crashes, or impacts. If detected, the system waits a configurable interval for the worker to dismiss the alert. If no response, it automatically transmits an emergency envelope with GPS position, timestamp, and incident type to designated emergency contacts and supervisors.
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