ACCORDING to Joe Spytek, vice president of business development for ITC Global, the Optus network downtime in Queensland demonstrated the critical dependence of the industry on the continuous availability of networks.
Optus had lost its Queensland network for half a day, resulting in significant cost and inconvenience to a number of businesses. According to Spytek, much of the effects of the downtime could have been averted or minimised.
The incident highlighted the critical role of network redundancy in managing risk and improving productivity. The company urged industrial players to avert risk by having a continuity plan or backup system in the event of a failure of terrestrial communication networks.
Backup link services should come from a different service provider or be located on a different telecoms infrastructure, so if one goes down, the other can be used.
Alternative telecoms infrastructure include satellite-based networking, which provide wide-area voice and data communications.
According to ITC Global, its ITC Fortify package is a cost-effective satellite solution that provides reliable and instant disaster recovery service in the event of failure of traditional telecoms technology.

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