Transgrid's Lumea seeks closer ties with cellular network planners

Transgrid’s commercial arm Lumea has set up a portal to help wireless network planners find existing towers on which they may be able to co-locate cellular equipment.

Image credit: Lumea.

The site discovery portal is intended to provide “up to date data on tens of thousands of remote towers on the Transgrid Group network across NSW and the ACT.”

Lumea has over 130 communications towers and Transgrid Group over 37,000 high voltage towers.

“The portal can be used to remotely assess sites for suitability for co-locating wireless and mobile equipment on existing communications and electricity transmission towers,” the company said.

“Mobile network providers, emergency services and Internet-of-Things (IoT) providers use these towers for their network equipment.”

Lumea said that planners could use the portal to “view structural impacts of proposed equipment on towers”, before submitting an application.

The company said it would scan its own communication towers regularly “by drone so we can check for tower condition and equipment installation accuracy.”