Sydney Airport Network Improved For APEC

Written by Adam Gosling

Tuesday, 04 September 2007

Sydney International Airport now has better in-building wireless mobile coverage thanks to a new network implemented by Kordia on behalf of Vodafone. The network is available for other carriers to use. Kordia is the new name for broadcast and teleco network company THL Group - the umbrella company for BCL, AAPCS and THLA. The Group started off life as the New Zealand Broadcasting Service 60 years ago building and operating the radio and television network across New Zealand. More recently it was the transmission arm of Television New Zealand until being established as a State Owned Enterprise with an independent board in 2003. Kordia employs almost 1000 people at over 20 locations across Australia and New Zealand. "This is a major project win for Kordia and reflects strong customer confidence in our Specialised Coverage Solutions team, which has expanded its applications from stadiums and shopping centres and now to airports," said Kordia's Managing Director Peter Robson. "It demonstrates our ability to truly harmonise people and technology in the most challenging environments, meeting the most demanding deadlines." Kordia has put together an in-building 2G & 3G WCDMA wireless network at the Sydney Airport that could be shared by multiple telecommunications carriers. The new network uses the existing airport backbone infrastructure combined with LGC Wireless' Unison active and passive technology to result in a solution that covers 850Mhz, 900Mhz, 1800Mhz and 2100Mhz spectrum satisfying the requirements of all carriers operating off the system. To ensure that the different technologies didn't interfere with one other, Kordia tested every component of the system for inter-modulation, which included 200 antennas and approximately 8km of fibre, co-axial and data cables. All carriers were signed on to the system prior to deployment, but the challenge was to build the network in time for this week's APEC Summit. Due to the enormous security complexity, build could only take place between 10pm and 6am each night to minimise the impact on existing network services. The first phase of the project, which covers all major public areas at the airport, has been completed while the remaining areas are due for completion in October. www.kordiasolutions.com Related news items Consumers Want FMC: Companies Don't See The Benefit -02/10/2007 Nokia Buys Map Company For US$8 Billion -02/10/2007 Seven In Unwired Takeover Bid -26/09/2007 Major Players To Test WiMAX Interoperability -26/09/2007 Telstra Launches Another Coonan Attack -12/09/2007 Newer news items Telstra Says CDMA Incentives Will End -22/01/2008 3 Doubles Broadband Allowance -15/01/2008 Seven Wins Unwired -03/12/2007 SingTel's Mobile Subscribers Up 57% -06/11/2007 Skype, 3 Team Up For Mobile VoIP -29/10/2007 Older news items Telstra Offers $3 Million To Get Seniors Hooked on SMS -15/08/2007 Telstra To Launch MVNO In NZ -12/08/2007 Now Every Kiwi Has A Mobile, What Next? -08/08/2007 IDC Paints Picture Of Fierce Mobile Competition -11/07/2007 Who Next? Where Next? For Apple's iPhone -05/07/2007 Tag This Now: