Telstra were contracted to commission the $763 million dollar initiative, which the State Government say is one of Tasmania’s largest infrastructure projects ever.
TasGRN has ‘been purpose-built’ and will be used all Government agencies – including Tasmania Police, Ambulance Tasmania, Tasmania Fire Service, Tasmania SES, Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Sustainable Timber Tasmania, TasNetworks and Hydro Tasmania.
Police & Emergency Services Minister Felix Ellis says the new network is “secure” and will allow Tasmania’s key organisations “to better serve the community with fully encrypted voice communications, limiting exposure to criminals covertly accessing the network”. more
