Data Mobility Voice and MIMP Connecting Solutions are two channel beneficiaries of a $200,000 wide area wireless network project at Alexandrina Council in South Australia.
The council, located on the Fleurieu Peninsula south of Adelaide, believed the network would help it save more than $20,000 in annual communication costs between premises in Goolwa and Strathalbyn.
The network runs at 200 Mb/ and uses a microwave tower from vendor Ceragon to create a 35km wireless connection between the two towns.
It delivers additional savings by eliminating the carrier costs of connecting the main council office in each town with eight outlying offices, such as depots, community centres and landfill facilities.
The council will also lease a Mitel IP telephone system from Data Mobility Voice at each of its offices "to eradicate inter-office call costs by routing calls across the data network".
"A $1700 monthly reduction in line rentals and a 20 percent cut in overall call costs will offset the $2000-a-month lease cost of the Mitel phone system," the council said.
"After 48 months, the council will own the new system."
Mayor Kym McHugh said the new network would pay for itself in less than two-and-a-half years compared to the cost of connecting all premises via a telecommunications carrier.
"We've completely modernised our phone system and rolled it out to more premises, but are saving about $20,000 a year in line rental and data costs by disconnecting a large number of commercial phone lines and Internet services," he said.
The council said MIMP had "been an amazing partner on this project, always coming up with interesting and different ways to do things. Its pricing has been very competitive and we're very happy with its follow-up service."
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