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Case Studies
Kordia™ speeds up the pace at rural school
Kuranui Primary School wanted its students to have access to the world via the internet. The school’s rural Waikato location, however, inhibited high-speed internet access.
Kordia™ installed a wireless broadband service using their broadband wireless access network.
This groundbreaking innovation was judged the most innovative school telecommunications service in 2005. (TUANZ Innovations Awards).
“It was like riding a pushbike one day and driving a Ferrari the next,” says former principal, Daryl Aim.
Now the Waikato school students can chat with their contemporaries in Japan via video-conferencing.
Medics on the move
Dr Stuart Gowland’s mobile surgical unit uses video-linking to provide rural GPs with specialist services.
Demand for these badly-needed services was growing. Dr Gowland needed an intense two-month programme involving itinerant links, skilled technicians and equipments.
He had two weeks to pull the programme together.
Kordia™ responded, coping with equipment incompatibility, last minute notification of specific medical centres and weather and logistics issues.
The project was completed and Dr Gowland secured a five-year government contract extension.
Instant ID at sea
New registered vessels over 300 gross tonnes are required to carry an Automatic Identification System transponder.
This transponder identifies everything about the vessel—from its weight to its speed.
Vessels also carry a Digital Selective Calling transceiver, an automated watch-keeping for distress calls and non-urgent communications.
Kordia™ developed this technology. Now, we are combining the functionality of Google Earth with the AIS Transponder. We can provide web-based, visual access for customers and host real-time data for them.
AIS data is cost-effectively available for up to 100 users around the country.
Australian Associated Press
Australian Associated Press has zero tolerance for communications outages in its news and information provision.
AAP was moving from a legacy NEC PABX environment to a new technology in a purpose-built Greenfield site.
Gradual migration required the legacy system to operate alongside the new VoIP Cisco Call Manager system across two sites.
Kordia™’s solution ensured AAP’s systems could be seamlessly migrated from its old to new premises.
Kordia™ worked with AAP’s technology team to redesign and implement new underlying data infrastructure.
Chasing Rally New Zealand
Rally New Zealand needed a seriously fast network to provide video streaming to international fans.
Kordia™ provided a 350kb/s video feed. Lower bandwidth, one radio link and consumer grade hardware produced outstanding coverage.
Kordia™ also enabled helicopter footage of the race, transmitted to SKY Sport 3 and international broadcasters.
The event won the award for Best Run Event of the 2006 WRC Series.
Monitoring 245 intersections at once
Christchurch City Council faced a dilemma: monitoring 245 intersections at once. Only 48 locations have real-time video feeds, making peak time monitoring even harder.
Laying fibre or cable to create new video feeds was prohibitive in many locations.
Kordia™ found a solution using its Extend broadband wireless access network.
We provided reliable telemetry and data connections to sites with no fixed line access.
The city’s traffic management was linked without the expense of laying new fibre connections to individual traffic lights.
“The time it takes to get a site live is minimal because the network infrastructure is already in place,” says Christchurch City Council signals engineer, Bill Sissons.
“It’s simply a case of installing equipment at the site and switching it on.”
Marine communications
Kordia™’s responsibility for maritime communications covers nearly a quarter of the world’s oceans.
New Zealand’s Maritime Operations Centre is a world-class model for safety at sea services.
Kordia™ designed, built and maintains the Australian Maritime safety Authority’s maritime communications network.
The model can easily be replicated in other countries for other emergency networks.
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