AlanDick pushes the technology envelope with successful Trinidad CDMA contract

In 2005 AlanDick signed a key CDMA (code division multiple access) network deployment contract with Laqtel, the operator for Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean.

Working alongside Nortel, Sasktel, and other key partners, AlanDick offered site surveying; turnkey civil construction, installation and commissioning of the Base Transceiver Station (BTS), installation of the antenna and cable systems, as well as the microwave equipment on around 100 cell sites and allied systems on Trinidad. AlanDick’s responsibilities stretched across the North of the island of Trinidad with Port of Spain being the Southern-most city.

Laqtel’s network operates at both 800 and 1900 CDMA frequencies, in contrast to the existing GSM network incumbent, which operated in the GSM 1800 waveband. Laqtel’s CDMA network now offers customers solid coverage and call quality.

Because the new network operates to CDMA 2000 standards, the operator can offer both SMS (text message) and MMS (picture message) facilities to subscribers, as well as email, web browsing and other data services that today’s business and consumer users look for in a quality cellular supplier.

AlanDick moved swiftly to assist the operator in the rapid deployment of its network, “We shipped a wide range of network systems equipment, including our popular self supporting towers, to Trinidad, to ensure the operator kept to its rapid network deployment schedule,” said Gavin Geraghty, Operations Manager, Trinidad with AlanDick.

Geraghty also mentioned the AlanDick team in Trinidad and how each and every team member was dedicated and excelling on this project promising the highest level of customer satisfaction.

Laqtel can offer a high quality set of voice and data services to its customers, which includes both Trinidad and Tobago nationals, as well as roaming users from North America and elsewhere.

“This is positive for both tourists and business people alike,” he said, noting that the benefits of a reliable voice and data cellular network is highly beneficial for tourism on the islands.

This is where AlanDick’s two decades worth of cellular network installation, deployment and maintenance experience – stretching back to the earliest days of cellular in the 1980s – comes into play.

AlanDick has a wealth of cellular network experience gained from helping operators to deploy their networks worldwide. This contract was an important one for AlanDick, as it was its first deployment in the Caribbean.

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