Huawei said that it has been selected by UGL, Australia’s rail engineering company, to supply technology and equipment and deliver its GSM-R (Global System for Mobile Communications – Railway) for RailCorp’s radio communications upgrades to the metropolitan rail network in New South Wales (NSW).
The company said that UGL was awarded the tender in December 2009, to design, supply, install and maintain a digital train radio system (DTRS) on NSW RailCorp’s electrified rail network.
According to Huawei, its GSM-R technology will link all rail operations on the network, providing an integrated voice communications system optimising train control, signaling, shunting, trackside and enhance communications between train crews and transit officers.
In addition, the company’s GSM-R offering complies with European Integrated Railway Radio Enhanced Network (EIRENE) specifications and requirements and has passed Lloyd’s product certification.
Peter Rossi, CTO of Huawei Australia, said: “Our international experience and expertise will assist UGL in providing seamless wireless coverage across RailCorp’ s metro network. We welcome the opportunity to work with UGL and RailCorp to improve the important metropolitan rail network in NSW to create a safer, smarter rail service for people in NSW.
“The challenges we came up against in China can be applied to the Australian environment. Long tunnels, vast distances, and high traffic areas – all of these problems were overcome using Huawei’ s innovative GSM-R solutions.”
Earlier in April 2009, the company has launched its GSM-R communication system for the Shijiazhuang-Taiyuan passenger transport railway, which can reach speeds of up to 250km/h and covers 189.93km throughout China.
