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Motorola "on-site business" v "commercial radios"

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When looking up Motorola's business radios (everything besides FRS, DMR, or P25) there are two categories to click on on their website. "on-site business" and "commercial". Lines in on-site include CLS, DTR, DLR, WAVE, RDX, RM, and CLP. Lines in commercial include BPR, CP, VL, VX, and EVX. Any ideas about why there are two categories? I don't see any clear divisions between the lines in each category. I could understand if one category were all digital and the other analog, or one was all license-free and the other licensed, etc, but it doesn't seem to be so clear cut.
 
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Think on site business as radios for target, Lowe’s, Home Depot, mall stores and the such. The DLR/DSR are 900MHz spread spectrum. Pre-programmed with a limited selection of itinerant/colour dot/star channels. The programming software will allow changing frequencies from a pre-defined list, and quite often are low power 2w or less.

Commercial line is better quality, aimed at a rougher environment. Factories, light-ish industrial use. They are able to be programmed in the entirety of the VHF and UHF spectrum and require licensing in either itinerant or industrial/business bands. These radios will be able to do up to 5w.
 
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