Telecommunications Industry Reference
Always-on Networks, IoT and Data Centres
Adroit SCADA and Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation across IoT, communications and data centres. References from MultiChoice, MTN, Vodacom and Sentech - South Africa.
Adroit Solutions in Telecommunications
Adroit Technologies is a leading player in Research and Development, Production, Sales & Marketing, Training and Support of software products for Automation, SCADA, MIS and MES solutions. The Telecommunications Sector is a vast and complex one, and the Adroit SCADA is ideally suited to assist in the efficient monitoring and control of even the most complicated production plant.
The rigid and quality-driven nature of this industry is ideally suited to the Adroit SCADA/HMI product. The time-tested and proven reliability of the product sees Adroit being used by large producers to safely run these valuable and strategic assets.
R&D
Research and development of software for Automation, SCADA, MIS and MES solutions, all undertaken by our own in-house team.
Production
Production of industrial software products that run national broadcaster networks, data centres and mobile carrier infrastructure end-to-end.
Sales & Marketing
Sales and marketing of Adroit software products through a long-established dealer and partner network.
Training
Training of customer engineers and operators on every Adroit software product, on-site or at our training academy.
Support
Technical support for installed Adroit systems, keeping telecommunications networks running across South Africa and beyond.
Technical Services
A professional services arm - Adroit Technologies Technical Services - consulting on and delivering customised industrial IT, MIS and MES solutions for telecommunications customers.
Telecommunications Industry Reference
Adroit SCADA
Target Areas
A unified operations platform purpose-built for the scale, redundancy and uptime demands of telecommunications
- from IoT edge to national data centres.
IoT (Internet of Things)
Managing and optimising the deployment and operation of IoT devices and applications.
Communications
Overseeing telecommunications networks and services to ensure efficient and reliable communication.
Data Centers
Managing and maintaining data centres that store and process large volumes of data.
Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation
Capabilities and Benefits
Mitsubishi Electric PLCs and Q-series controllers sit alongside Adroit SCADA
to deliver a complete control platform for telecommunications networks and data centres.
SCADA
Centralised monitoring and control of network infrastructure and services - faster response to issues.
PLC
Automate and control telecommunications operations - power management and remote equipment control.
RTU
Remote Terminal Units monitor and control remote devices and equipment across the telecommunications network.
HMI
Intuitive graphical interface for operators to interact with control systems and monitor network performance.
M2M / MQTT
Machine-to-Machine and MQTT communication protocols for efficient, secure data exchange between IoT devices and applications.
Where We Help
Target Areas, Challenges, Solutions
Target Areas
Challenges
Solutions
Case Studies
Production References - Telecommunications
From MultiChoice's 25 000 scan-point bay-station network to Sentech's 260-site SOE broadcast estate - Adroit and Mitsubishi Electric run South Africa's major telecommunications operators.
MultiChoice - South Africa
Leading multichannel digital satellite TV operator across Africa. Bay stations monitored via SNMP, Allen-Bradley and Modbus back to Johannesburg head office on Adroit Information Portal - smart-client over LAN or web service. Stand-Alone, 25 000 scan points, 15 remote client connections.
MTN - South Africa
Multinational telco operating in 21 countries across Africa and the Middle East. Adroit Information Portal runs MTN's Building Management System (BMS) for data centres across SA - temperature, power, cooling, humidity, generators and UPS - on Mitsubishi Electric Q-series PLC, SNMP and Modbus Ethernet. Stand-Alone, 50 000 scan points, 20 remote client connections.
Vodacom - South Africa
45 million customers across SA with operations in Tanzania, DRC, Mozambique and Lesotho. Adroit Information Portal-based network management system remotely monitors and controls modems, controllers and a Spectrum Analyser in the satellite communication ground base. Active Cluster, 25 000 scan points, 8 remote client connections.
Sentech - South Africa
State Owned Enterprise for broadcasting signal distribution and telecommunications. Central master/slave server gathers and logs equipment statuses across ~260 sites in SA, over Fibre, Satellite, GSM and SMS links. Adroit SCADA Intelligence handles historical data, SLA reporting and alarm root-cause analysis. Hot Standby, 25 000 scan points, 18 remote client connections.
Applications
Adroit and Mitsubishi Electric in Telecommunications
Real-world deployments from satellite TV bay stations to multinational data-centre BMS -
SNMP, Modbus, Allen-Bradley and Mitsubishi Q-series PLCs on one platform.
MultiChoice & Vodacom - SA
Adroit Information Portal monitors satellite bay stations and ground-base hardware - 25 000 scan points each, with smart-client LAN and web access.
MTN - Data Centre BMS
Mitsubishi Electric Q-series PLCs and SNMP / Modbus Ethernet manage temperature, power, cooling, humidity, generators and UPS across MTN's South African data centres - 50 000 scan points.
Sentech - National Broadcaster
~260-site SOE network on Fibre, Satellite, GSM and SMS - SCADA Intelligence for SLA reporting and alarm root-cause analysis. Hot-standby, 25 000 scan points.
Adroit Technologies in Telecommunications
Questions often asked.
IoT device fleets, communications networks (mobile, broadcast and satellite) and data centres - real-time monitoring, alarm management, SLA reporting and historical trending on a single platform.
MTN's data-centre BMS runs at 50 000 scan points; MultiChoice, Vodacom and Sentech all run 25 000 scan-point estates. Sentech's central master/slave server gathers status across ~260 sites in SA over Fibre, Satellite, GSM and SMS links.
SNMP, Modbus Ethernet, Allen-Bradley, plus Mitsubishi Electric Q-series PLCs (deployed at MTN). RTUs cover remote sites and M2M/MQTT protocols handle IoT device traffic.
The platform powering MultiChoice, MTN and Vodacom deployments - allowing operators to access systems from geographically disparate locations via a smart-client over LAN or the web service capability over the internet.