Queensland network contract signed

The contract for Queensland’s Government Wireless Network (GWN), between Telstra and the Queensland Government, has now been officially signed. Telstra was the preferred vendor, supported by Motorola Solutions Australia.

The 15-year managed services partnership, worth $457.3 million, will see the companies design, build, operate and maintain the GWN. The network will boost the state’s public safety agencies’ communications infrastructure.

The network will give better coverage at important locations for police, ambulance and fire officers. And being a digital network, it will be far more secure.

The GWN will be based on Motorola Solutions’ public safety communication technology, which will enable faster and better voice and narrowband data communications.

The first stage of the GWN will be established in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Cairns, in time for the G20 Summit meetings in 2014. It will then be extended to cover the rest of South-East Queensland in readiness for the 2018 Commonwealth Games, to be held on the Gold Coast.