Auria wins Queensland digital radio network contract

Sydney-based company Auria Wireless has been awarded the contract to replace an existing analogue radio network with a statewide APCO P25 digital radio network being deployed by Airwave Solutions for Ergon Energy.

The system will be deployed in stages growing to about 200 sites in total, making it the largest of its type in Australia, exceeding the current NSW government radio network in size.

Auria’s radio network for Ergon Energy will be the first open standards network to be deployed in Australia using the ISSI and CSSI protocols which allow the network to interconnect to other third-party APCO P25 networks and equipment.

The ISSI will be initially used within Ergon’s network to support multiple RFSSs adding regional network resilience in the event of natural disasters. The popular Zetron ACOM console supports the CSSI protocol which means that no development is required to integrate their existing consoles to the Auria network.

“Our ability to analyse and respond to Ergon’s business requirements were key to our selection,” said Auria’s CEO Brad Dolphin. “Having a local partner that Ergon could work with to implement deployment of Ergon’s innovative features certainly helped our cause.”