With world leaders extolling the virtues of increasing broadband capacity to curtail recessions, Kordia is proud to have successfully completed a massive transmission upgrade in Australia.

This will provide the required bandwidth for reliable wireless broadband—an essential tool in business and in life.

“With our wealth of telecommunications engineering expertise and proven track record in managing the Vodafone network, we were well positioned to deliver these demanding projects on time and budget,” said Peter Robson, Kordia’s Managing Director.

The project required Kordia to design and implement the largest Vodafone transmission upgrade ever. Hardware delivery and other constraints compressed delivery of 850 sites into a 5.5 month window. Kordia upgraded 155 links per month over an operational transmission platform, without any disruption to the network.

Each STM-1 carries between 15 to 20 sites worth of traffic, making the potential risks on this program extreme. Typically, upgrades were completed in outages of only three hours during the low-usage period of 10pm to 6am.

The compressed timeline also presented major challenges; from the volume management in detailed design, through the risks and rigours of the transmission upgrade to demanding equipment delivery timelines.

When ordering and receiving the appropriate equipment and materials for 700 sites across Australia in 10 days proved challenging, Kordia reprioritised its finance and administration teams to expedite the process and minimise any potential ‘lead time’ constraints. 

With digital networks needing to form the backbone of our economy, this was a timely upgrade that was delivered on time—and one that Kordia achieved with both solid expertise and a flexible approach.