BAI Communications has been recognised as Best Mobile Infrastructure Provider at the 2026 Edison Awards, presented by Comms Day, Australia’s premier telecommunications industry honours. The nomination recognised BAI’s work delivering the NSW Government’s Critical Communications Enhancement Program (CCEP).
The Edison Awards, run by Comms Day – Australia’s leading independent voice for the communications sector – celebrate innovation and excellence across the telecommunications and technology industry. The Best Mobile Infrastructure Provider award recognises the company delivering the most essential, reliable and innovative infrastructure supporting mobile networks across Australia.
BAI Communications serves as the Managed Network Provider for the NSW Public Safety Network (PSN), one of the largest mission-critical radio networks in the world. Through the NSW Government’s $1.4 billion Critical Communications Enhancement Program (CCEP), BAI performs end-to-end integration and operational acceptance for every new site delivered into the network, expanding geographic coverage of NSW from 26% to 85% and population coverage from 80% to 99.7%. The PSN connects more than 60 government agencies and 75,000 emergency service terminals across 540,000 square kilometres of NSW, maintaining 99.995% availability.
The PSN is the backbone of emergency communications in NSW, providing the single shared radio platform through which NSW Police, Fire and Rescue NSW, NSW Ambulance, the Rural Fire Service and the State Emergency Service coordinate responses to critical incidents and natural disasters. BAI’s operational record includes maintaining network availability throughout the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires and Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred in early 2025.
“BAI Communications plays a critical role in supporting the operation of the NSW Public Safety Network. BAI’s discipline is what keeps the network performing for our emergency services. When it matters most, during bushfires, floods and major incidents, BAI’s teams have consistently delivered.”
Kirsty McKinnon, Executive Director Program Delivery, NSW Telco Authority
Peter Knott, Chief Operating Officer at BAI Communications, said: “This award is a reflection of what our NSW Public Safety team delivers every single day. The work they do – integrating and accepting every site into the network, keeping it running at 99.995% availability, and responding when disasters strike – is what public safety communications excellence looks like. We are proud to be recognised for it, and deeply grateful to the NSW Telco Authority for the trust and partnership that makes this program possible.”
BAI Communications thanks the Edison Awards judges and Comms Day for this recognition, and our partners at the NSW Telco Authority, for their trust, collaboration and shared commitment to delivering a world-class public safety network.
