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Press Releases 2017-19
July 2019
MTEL operation has now been moved to the cloud to provide redundancy and
geographical diversity of operation.
April 2019
ISDN picocell sites are now updated to WBB.
March 2019
ISDN picocell sites are now being targeted for replacement after Telstra
announced the retirement of these networks.
All remaining 25 sites will be upgraded by the end of April. Sites are
mostly in the South West and Central regions.
November 2018
Trials of the new PURC Encoder 2U rack mounted have started. This device
interfaces to older style PURC format transmitters. The encoder uses the
base PC2070 Paging Encoder and incorporates an analog interface to generate
PURC format before the POCSAG transmission.
October 2018
Trials of the Birdy 3G two way pager have started on the North Coast
September 2018
Mt Mackay, Childers, Wallumbilla, Goombungee, Taroom, Howard, Thursday
Island, and Jandowea added to the WBB networks as a result of maintenance issues and
upgrades to new sites.
May 2018
MTEL Connect V2.7 has been released to fix android problems.
Android 8.0 was released causing significant changes to the notification
system.
V2.7 conforms to the new standard.
May 2018
MTEL Connect V2.6 has been released to fix android problems.
The APP was re-registering when it lost the interconnect service. This
typically happen when the mobile moved between Wi-Fi networks and from Wi-Fi
networks and mobile data. The re-registering has been removed and a log
entry is added to indicate the internet service is disconnected.
April 2018
Charleville, Goondiwindi, Glenden, Goombungee, Childers added to the WBB networks as a result of maintenance issues and
upgrades to new sites.
February 2018
MTEL Connect V2.5 has finally been released.
Quilpie, Gin Gin, Sarina, Wondai, added to the WBB networks as a result of maintenance issues and
upgrades to new sites.
December 2017
MTEL Connect V2.5 testing on iPhone and Android mobiles. Release V2.5
will now be post XMAS while server and App testing continue through
December.
November 2017
MTEL Connect Mobile App Service expansion is placed on hold while Senior
Executive make a decision on the future of all product development currently
running in QFES.
MTEL is given permission to maintain existing App Clients and service and
the rollout of V2.5
October 2017
MTEL Connect V2.5 protocols and design documents have now been sent to
iPhone and Android developers.
Dimbulah, Canungra, Millmerran, Richmond, Cecil Plains, Highfields and
Oakey added to the WBB networks as a result of maintenance issues and
upgrades to new sites.
This brings the total upgrades to two thirds of the MTEL Picocell
network.
September 2017
MTEL Connect V2.5 protocols and design documents have now been completed.
Telstra WBB performance this quarter has been 100% with no
outages.
August 2017
MTEL Connect V2.00 Testing completed and survey sent to all stations to
evaluate the App service.
Results of the survey were presented to the Senior Executive Management.
June 2017
MTEL Connect V2.00 running in 30 stations across the state. Testing will
be completed end of June.
May 2017
MTEL Connect V2.00 running in Central regions
Proserpine, Biloela, Calliope added to the WBB networks as a result of
maintenance issues and upgrades to new sites.
March 2017
MTEL Connect V2.00 running in Townsville and Sunshine Coast regions
Giru, Murgon added to the WBB networks as a result of maintenance issues
and upgrades to new sites.
February 2017
MTEL Connect V2.00 has finally received approval for testing from the
State Executive Management.
Testing begins in the Cairns district from the 13th February 2017.
Further roll outs commence in Townsville region from the 27th February
2017 and Sunshine Coast regions from the 8th March.
Approximately 20 stations will conduct testing on the new functionality
in V2.0
The testing is expected to run approximately 6-8 weeks after which a
performance review will be presented to the State Executive.
January 2017
Inglewood and Yelarbon were added to the
WBB networks as a result of maintenance issues and upgrades to new sites.
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