WA’s booming mining economy has resulted in an influx of experienced mining workers, however there is fierce competition to keep the best staff and companies are doing what they can to keep them. One way of doing this is to offer the best conditions and technologies for miners on-site.

Mining Camp Entertainment Systems are a hot topic in 2011 and there are a few organisations who are leading the charge in Perth, one of which is R-Group.

R- Group has been working in conjunction with NewSat for over 12 months, supplying communications services through NewSat's satellite solutions. R-Group has a diverse range of scalable and robust communication services which are specifically designed for the harsh conditions typically associated with remote locations. NewSat's high-speed data over satellite enables entertainment and information services for remote mine sites, which rival metropolitan solutions.

R-Group is a privately owned, Western Australian company that has been established for over 10 years. R-Group adopts the very latest cutting edge software for the complete management and remote support of business networks. Their latest digital entertainment platform provides 5-star hotel-grade in-room entertainment to the mining sector, currently servicing over 1000 rooms on various mine sites.

This entertainment system provides each worker with a secure entertainment platform, which gives them free-to-air TV, pay-per-view movies, Foxtel, radio, room-to-room communications, Internet and company specific announcements.

In conjunction with NewSat, R-Group successfully procure, design, commission, project manage and provide ongoing support and remote management of the entire communications solution.