DURBAN
METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL, SOUTH
AFRICA
CASE STUDY
Customer profile
A large South African utility with staff
spread over 2,000 sq km
Applications
• Tait QS2 simulcast
Business benefits
• Wide area coverage
THE CUSTOMER
Durban Metropolitan Council is the world’s largest user of Tait QuasiSync simulcast systems with three systems used across the South
African city.
• Lower maintenance costs
THE CHALLENGE
• Efficient communication with all
staff
Metro Electricity, Fire and Emergency Services – both divisions of
Durban Metro - use Tait Quasi-Sync simulcast systems for reliable
wide area radio communications over 2,000 square kilometres.
The number of users is set to grow to 4,000 so Durban Metro needed
a system that could easily cope with the substantial growth.
The 15 site Greater Durban TaitNet Quasi-Sync Simulcast radio
system covers the area from Zimball Lodge on the north coast to
Illove in the south and Cato Ridge in the west.
• Smooth integration of existing
equipment with new network
• Cost-effective solution
• Relatively easy expansion of the
system
Products used
• TaitNet QS Simulcast System - 15
site network
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THE SOLUTION
“The system proved to be very reliable
and relatively easy to maintain. It is
The Quasi-Sync technology has inherent redundancy so that if there is a
complete failure at one site, users will still receive quality communications
because of planned overlap from adjacent sites.
highly cost-effective which means that
Great Durban ratepayers are ultimately
It is relatively easy to expand the system and introduce additional sites
without reconfiguring or replacing existing equipment.
benefiting.”
Les Thorpe, Director of Electronic
Services, Emergency Services Unit
Durban Metro
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“After months of investigating radio system technologies – both analogue and
digital – operational requirements and product availability, we selected the Tait
Quasi-Sync system,” says Les Thorpe, Director of Electronic Services of the
Emergency Services Unit at Durban Metro.
“The system proved to be very reliable and relatively easy to maintain. It is
highly cost-effective which means that Great Durban ratepayers are ultimately
benefiting.”
THE OUTCOME
Durban Metro was able to make efficient use of its existing conventional VHF
portable and mobile radios avoiding the cost of replacing these.
Quasi-Sync is ideal for local authorities and councils, giving staff – spread
over a wide area – access to the same information.
Quasi-Sync is a low maintenance form of simulcast providing simultaneous
transmission of the same frequency from many transmitters.
It uses advanced technology to overcome the expensive maintenance normally
associated with simulcast systems, which suffer from distorted audio in areas
where transmitter coverage overlaps.
MORE INFORMATION
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