May 10th 2004
Omnilogic supplies the highest TETRA network in the world
Minera Argentina Gold, S.A. (MAGSA), the Argentinian subsidiary of Barrick Gold Corporation - a leading international gold company - has awarded OMNILOGIC Telecomunicaciones the delivery of a Nokia TETRA mobile system for the Veladero gold mine, located in Argentina's San Juan province.
OMNILOGIC is supplying to MAGSA a complete wide-area system - the first Nokia TETRA project in operation in Latin America - that will cover the exploitation area in the Veladero mine and the road between the mine and the Argentina's San Juan city, despite the extreme weather conditions due to the different heights between Veladero (3,800-4,600 metres) and San Juan city (640 metres).
About the reasons that leaded the mining company to decide on the Nokia's TETRA technology, Mr. Jorge Galleguillos, Superintendent IT/CS of MAGSA states: "We chose Nokia's TETRA system because of its excellent functionality and features which bring value to our demanding subscribers. TETRA holds the market-leading position in trunking systems, reflecting the system reliability required in large mining operations".
The solution that OMNILOGIC is deploying includes one control and switching centre (DXT), eight base stations (TBS) with the corresponding radiant systems, and two work stations: one for dispatching destined to communications and technical management, and another one for automatic vehicles location (AVL); as well as the necessary interfaces to allow simultaneous communications between the TETRA system and the PSTN/PABX fixed networks. The workers will operate the TETRA terminals TMR800 (for vehicles) and THR880 (portable).
The project is being supplied in a turnkey way including site surveys, factory integration, installation, commissioning and training. The system is foreseen to be fully working in May 2004 with 200 subscribers and in the third year of operation the number of subscribers is planned to increase to 1,200.
For further information, please contact:
Cinta Guerrero
Communication Group
OMNILOGIC Telecomunicaciones, S.A.
+34915190870
cguerrero@omnilogic.es
Antonio Arquillos
Head of Mobile Networks Department
OMNILOGIC Telecomunicaciones, S.A.
+34915190870
aarquillos@omnilogic.es