Overview
An operational organisation relied on an ageing analogue radio network for day-to-day operational communications across multiple distributed sites. Coverage gaps, lifecycle risk and limited support for modern operational features (encryption, data, integration) had created pressure for modernisation. TandemIT led the programme through planning, vendor selection oversight, deployment and operational transition.
The Challenge
- Ageing analogue infrastructure with growing coverage and lifecycle risk.
- Operational users dependent on radio for day-to-day and safety-critical communications.
- Distributed site footprint with varied infrastructure, power and access constraints.
- Multi-vendor delivery across radio infrastructure, subscriber devices and integration partners.
- Need to maintain continuity of operational communications throughout transition.
TandemIT Approach
- Programme planning, governance and integrated delivery roadmap.
- Vendor and integrator coordination across infrastructure, devices and integration.
- Site survey, design approval and deployment scheduling across the footprint.
- Subscriber device strategy, fleet planning and rollout.
- Cutover, parallel-running and decommissioning of the legacy network.
- Training, operational readiness and acceptance management with end users.
Outcome
- Modern digital radio platform deployed across the operational footprint.
- Improved coverage, resilience and operational feature set.
- Continuity of operational communications maintained throughout transition.
- Subscriber fleet refreshed and aligned to operational use cases.
- Legacy analogue infrastructure decommissioned in a controlled manner.
Key Results
- Radio platform
- Digital, modern
- Site deployment
- Distributed footprint
- Operational continuity
- Maintained
- Subscriber fleet
- Refreshed