Public Safety Mobile Broadband A Victorian Perspective Steven Tsikaris 9 March 2016 Radcomms 2016

The “debate” so far ….  PSMBSC ( AGD & DBCDE )  ANZEMC to COAG  States’ Led PSMBSC ( Vic & NSW )  PC ….  Commonwealth Government ??  Next …. Precursor Decisions for Implementation

Real Implementation Challenges & Decisions Coverage – 95% of Victoria’s landmass or greater than 99% population coverage –15% landmass coverage more than the nearest commercial network Availability (i.e. operational certainty) – Mission critical, “4 9’s”, “5 9’s”, etc. vs Commercial grade operations Network capacity, bandwidth, spectrum, congestion, saturation, public safety users’ preemption, operational features, etc. Equity (urban, regional & rural), affordability Public Value Market reality: commercial leverage (if any) for procurement

Emergency Management Operational Communications Program

Broadband implementation in context MDN Upgrade and Transformation Project Radio Network Service Continuity Project ACMA Compliance Project Victoria Police Radio Upgrade Public Safety Mobile Broadband Mobile Blackspots

The Objective Single network, voice and data Mixture of state owned / built & commercial service offerings (“targeted hybrid” solutions) Leveraged investment with the State’s other related programs: mobile blackspots, economic development, etc. Efficient and affordable Safer communities

Further Information  Operational Communications Program

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