$14m radio network for gas project

Motorola has signed a $14.4 million contract with Queensland Gas Corporation (QGC) to supply radio communications infrastructure for QGC's liquefied natural gas project in southern Queensland.

The company will provide a microwave system linking the central processing plant in the gas fields and a fully integrated TETRA radio system with a base station at each of the central processing plants, the field compression stations and the main line valve stations.

The company will also provide a TETRA radio system for the Chinchilla office, Chinchilla logistics facility and the QGC corporate office in Brisbane.

The microwave and TETRA telecommunications infrastructure will include vehicle terminals with GPS tracking, handheld terminals, desk terminals, a dispatcher console, voice recorder and battery charger. The company will also integrate and commission the systems.

Construction of the 28-site radio network has started. More than 3000 radios - including intrinsically safe-certified digital radio handsets operating in the 450 to 470 MHz bands - will be deployed during the construction and operation phases of the project.

While most of the radio equipment will be supplied from Motorola global operations, the installation and commissioning will be done by Motorola staff from Brisbane and Melbourne, and its Queensland-based contractor, CBO.