A system and method provides for multi-party communication including engaging a network communication engine from a mobile communication interface and providing a user identification and a location indicator to the network communication engine. The method and system further includes receiving in the mobile communication interface a plurality of communication channels based on at least one of: the user identification and the location indicator and in response to a user selection of a selected communication channel, transmitting a channel engagement request to the network communication engine requesting connection of the user to the selected communication channel. The method and system further includes engaging in muted bi-directional communication with a plurality of additional users across the selected communication channel, wherein muted bi-directional communication includes user engagement of an open channel engagement command for communication input across the channel and the input transmitted across the channel only during the open channel engagement command.