200204 – Jackson – Meeting the Challenge to Provide Technology That Meets Operator Needs

Understanding and meeting the operators needs in a rapidly changing industry environment is a major
challenge for the signal and telecommunications industry.

Change has impacted on all aspects of the industry including the corporatisation and privatisation of previously government railways, the segregation into above rail and below rail organisations, the
introduction of rail safety regulators, the increased documentation demands for equipment approval,
the mobility of the workforce as well as the technology used.