ARTC inks telecommunications contract with Telstra

The Australian Rail Track Corporation (ARTC) has signed a multi-million dollar, ten-year contract with Telstra to provide ongoing telecommunications to the national rail freight network.
The deal comprises the security of supply, maintenance and enhancement to its Telstra-powered National Train Communications System (NTCS), which supports the ARTC’s 8,500km national rail freight network.
“The Telstra-based NTCS will provide a platform for many of the new and exciting innovations being developed by ARTC. Using the Telstra NextG network, applications such as safe travelling distance technology (proximity alerting), real-time locomotive tracking, sophisticated track and wayside monitoring technology, situational awareness systems and the next generation of train management – the Advanced Train Management System (ATMS) – all become possible,” ARTC CEO John Fullerton said.