Oil Company, Colombia

For an oil company, poor communications can have a high cost - both money and lives. This company wanted to replace its old conventional system, which had congested channels, with a reliable trunked network with call groups for different operational areas and emergency calling to link all staff.

Tait initially provided a five-site, 40-channel TaitNet system connecting 1,500 staff at the oil wells and processing plant. About 700 Intrinsically Safe portables and mobiles are used on the system, which features a despatcher facility with telephone interconnection.

In 2006, the trunking system was upgraded to a more advanced system - the TN5100 trunked radio system. An extra site was then added to the network to cover a new geographical area. During this upgrade, the company also opted to upgrade the Network Management Terminal to allow a greater level of remote functionality.

The upgrade to the TaitNet system provides users at the oil company with enhanced security and instant, dependable communications across the network.