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1 August 2019

The importance of mission-critical back up push-to-talk for emergency services personnel

Ensuring public safety requires reliable communication and information sharing, regardless of whether you are hundreds of kilometres into the bush, interstate or even overseas. In this session, Graeme Stanley, Director of Innovation, Motorola Solutions Australia & New Zealand will launch Motorola Solutions SmartConnect — a secure cloud-based platform that keeps emergency response vehicles seamlessly connected […]

1 August 2019

Developing technology to support communications in hazardous environments

What can be harder than working in a mine — the risks of heavy machinery, natural disasters, remote locations, not to mention dust and dirt, extremes of temperatures, difficulty in vision, etc. These types of businesses cannot afford to have any compromise on network reliability or functionality; the network must be operational at all times, […]

1 August 2019

A day in the life of a TETRA radio user in a hazardous mining environment

Using innovative data applications based around a mining operation to demonstrate increased safety and control room understanding of working conditions and employee physical condition. The presentation will cover actions such as job allocation, maintenance tasks, switching automatically between talkgroups based on location, weather alerts and biometric reporting. The intention is to show how often automated […]

22 December 2013

Underground LTE — Mine case study

Gold fields is undergoing a continual technology innovation process where mining is made safer, more efficient and more productive. Several years ago it implemented (in partnership with technology provider Challenge Networks), one of the world’s first private LTE networks at one of their Australian mine sites. Since that initial success, the LTE solution has continued […]