Motorola Solutions has announced a contract to manage and support network operations for Queensland Gas Corporation’s (QGC) liquefied natural gas project in southern Queensland.

A five-year contract, worth over £5.5 million, will involve Motorola Solutions managing the communications network for the project’s main gas compression sites. In-field wireless communications will be supervised from a network operations centre (NOC) in Melbourne with additional support services on-site. Motorola Solutions has been working with QGC on the deployment of the microwave and 33-site digital radio system since 2011.

The microwave and TETRA telecommunications infrastructure includes vehicle terminals with GPS tracking, hand-held terminals, desk terminals, dispatcher consoles and voice recording facility. More than 2,000 devices have been deployed for staff on the ground. QGC’s liquefied natural gas project is one of Australia’s largest capital infrastructure projects, transporting gas through a 540km underground pipeline network.