Orange Business Services upgraded the telephone system at the HighlandGold field in Zabaykailya

2021: Establishment of a telephone system

International Service -provider Orange Business Services December 16, 2021 announced the creation of a telephone system communications (STS) based on Cisco a field in, Trans-Baikal Territory managed by. HighlandGold For the project, several hundred meters of cable were laid along mining workings, a communication unit was installed in the mine, and a fleet telecommunication of equipment on the surface was modernized. Telephone infrastructure will allow HighlandGold to continue the transformation of mines within the framework of projects. Industry 4.0

The Novo-Shirokinskoye polymetallic deposit contains industrial volumes of gold, silver, lead and zinc. The mine is located in a remote inaccessible area of ​ ​ the Trans-Baikal Territory - 350 km from the capital of the Chita region. The field is located in a fault zone with a thickness of 20 m to 300 m with containing thicknesses of volcanogenic and sedimentary rocks of the Upper Jurassic period.

As part of the Orange project, he delivered the necessary equipment, installed it and configured the Cisco Unified Communication Manager (CUCM) appliance and developed technical documentation. Work on the delivery of equipment and the laying of cable was carried out in extreme conditions - during the summer rainfall and floods in Transbaikalia.

The deployed STS complies with the safety rules defined by Rostekhnadzor when conducting mining and processing solid minerals in terms of providing telephone communication of underground mine workings. In addition, in the event of an emergency, employees of the mine will be able to quickly contact emergency services.

HighlandGold has been working with Orange for over 15 years. The company provides communication services and carries out infrastructure projects both for the head office in Moscow and at remote fields. They know the network infrastructure of our fields well, have international experience in consulting on the strategy of network and infrastructure development. In addition, Orange has extensive experience in implementing communication services projects at hard-to-reach facilities in remote regions. At sites such as underground deposits, such skills and knowledge are very important, "said Vladimir Belopolov, head of the IT and automation service at Novo-Shirokinsky Mine JSC.

Communication systems for facilities such as polymetallic mines are primarily a safety issue, so there can be no compromise for extractive companies in the implementation of such projects. At the Novo-Shirokinskoye field, we built an STS, on the equipment of a leading world manufacturer. The solution meets the highest reliability and fault tolerance requirements for such communication systems. HighlandGold Our long-time partner, and we are well aware of how seriously her leadership takes security issues, "said Richard van Wageningen, senior vice president of Orange Business Services, who is responsible for work in the IMEAR region (Russia, Middle East, Africa).