Alliance formed to boost mining comms in Brazil

Airbus Defence and Space and Communications International (Comms International) have formed an alliance to produce enhanced secure radio communication solutions for the Brazilian mining industry.

The companies have signed an agreement focusing on a joint sector-specific offering of leading secure radio communications solutions, positioning technology and higher bandwidth solutions, enabling the transfer of large data such as images and video.

Beyond Brazil, the partners will approach further markets in Latin America and selected mining project sites in Africa and Indonesia.

The mining industry is increasingly seeking advanced technologies and communication systems. Operating under tough environmental and geographic conditions in remote areas, where no terrestrial networks are available, reliance on secure communications and integrated mission-critical voice, data and video solutions is becoming an increasingly important part of operations.

The Brazilian mining and other heavy industries are undergoing upgrading efforts from analog to digital systems - investments that they want to yield benefits beyond just voice solutions. The alliance partners will, together with their customers, develop secured professional mobile radio communication solutions tailor made for the harsh mining environments.