MIRAKA

Digital Microwave Radio (DMR) technology solution to remote plant communications

The remote location of the new plant proved to be a major challenge for the big provider initially approached for a quote.

Like Kordia, Miraka was a relatively recent entrant to an industry dominated by large and more established players. When Miraka built a brand new, state of the art dairy processing plant in Mokai, 27km northwest of Taupo, they needed a state of the art voice and data link to match.

Problem

The remote location of the new plant proved to be a major challenge for the big provider initially approached for a quote. Two options were given – link to the outdated copper network, which was incapable of meeting the data requirements of the site, or lay a new fibre optic connection, at considerable expense and delay. Both were unworkable for the dairy processing company, and they were forced to look elsewhere for a solution.

Kordia were asked to respond to the challenge of delivering to Miraka’s requirements within a tight timeframe.

Solution

A team of engineers immediately got to work testing the feasibility of utilising Digital Microwave Radio (DMR) to reliably transmit data and voice to and from the site.

Jason Sheriff, Financial Controller at Miraka, says he was impressed by the expertise demonstrated by the Kordia team, and the steady stream of communication he received throughout the project.