The UAE’s Ministry of Interior intends to upgrade substantially the existing Kathim AL Shaklah border station to the Sultanate of Oman.

Austroconsult is engaged as spezialised security consultant in planning and detailed engineering of the entire border station’s security system.

Aerial surveillance capabilities, operating range and quality of service were to be improved by upgrading the helicopter fleet with state-of-the-art visual surveillance and tracking equipment.

Austroconsult is responsible for project management and has elaborated surveys, specifications, detailed technical design, determination of optimum technology, etc.

DU, the major UAE telecom provider, implemented a fully equipped 850 km fibre optic backbone network to connect their base stations and switch infrastructure with a high speed communication network.

Austroconsult was contracted as client representative for project management and supervision services like, e.g., quality assurance and day-to-day site supervision.

In view of telecom liberalisation a custom-tailored concept offering perfect solutions for the last mile problem and future application of fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-curb was to be developed.

Austroconsult was contracted for surveys, studies, and development of vision and strategy as well as of operational concepts.

The Police intended to modernise its entire telecommunications and IT system (TETRA). Most modern command software was to support day-by-day and emergency activities.

Austroconsult was engaged in surveys, propagation planning, field strength measurements, design, project supervision and commissioning.

Taking into account the threat potential emanating from civilian nuclear power plants as well as from military nuclear installations and missile carrier systems, it was contemplated to establish a nuclear early warning system.

Austroconsult was engaged in the assessment of requirements, the threat analysis and study work.

The TRA intended to develop a new scheme for spectrum pricing policies, rules, procedures and regulations. Furthermore, criteria for the verification of coverage were to be analysed.

Austroconsult reviewed the current policy, elaborated coverage models and a study report on peer countries and developed the new spectrum pricing policy.

Telecom liberalisation and the need for network improvement initiated modernisation / expansion of the telecom network concerning various installations, e.g., sub-stations and the SCADA network.

Austroconsult was contracted for surveys, studies, strategy, operational concepts, database management, tender documents and evaluation of offers.

ADCO intended to establish a region-wide digital mobile tele-
communications network based on TETRA standards for their entire concession area, i.e., onshore as well as offshore.

Austroconsult was contracted for studies, elaboration of design, coverage planning, tender documents and evaluation of offers.

EMI set up a second chain of transmitters and modernised the existing ones at Liwa, Jebel Dhanna, Jebel Hafit, Bu Hasa and
Al Maqam.

Austroconsult was entrusted with the survey work, field measure-
ments, propagation planning, elaboration of system design, specifications and tender documents, evaluation of offers and supervision.

A telecommunications system based on 6,000 km optical fibre land and 1,000 km multi fibre sea cable with SDH technology for the microwave network and mobile communication installations was established.

Austroconsult was engaged in surveys, planning, engineering, preparation of tender documents, evaluation, supervision and commissioning.