RAD WIRELESS SOLUTION PAVES THE WAY TO THE 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS
Peter Kiewit Sons (PKS), the general contractor heading up the $500 million upgrade to Vancouver’s Sea-to-Sky Highway (STSH) ahead of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, has selected RAD Data Communications equipment to provide voice and data traffic along the entire route.
The contractor is using RAD’s Vmux voice trunking pseudowire gateways and Airmux-200 broadband wireless multiplexers to transport a variety of voice and data traffic - including PBX voice trunks, two-way radios, Ethernet, high-speed Internet access, fax, and modem stations - for more than 800 employees working on the project.
Already the major thoroughfare between the city of Vancouver and the Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort, the STSH is poised to experience a major spike in traffic when the Winter Olympics descend upon Vancouver in 2010.
Prior to this project, there was very little existing communications infrastructure along the STSH. PKS needed a rapidly deployable, cost-effective solution to meet the intensive communications requirements of their employees working in the field and in the five satellite offices located along this 100-kilometer stretch of highway.
After careful consideration and consultation with regional systems integrator Sea-to-Sky Wireless, PKS selected the RAD Vmux and Airmux products. The RAD solution enables PKS to integrate its assortment of voice and data traffic, and transmit it among multiple sites over single broadband wireless links.
“From a customer perspective, the voice quality and the overall network integration have performed extremely well,” said Troy Van Bostelen, a manager for PKS.
About RAD
Established in 1981, privately owned RAD Data Communications has achieved international recognition as a major manufacturer of high quality access equipment for data communications and telecommunications applications. These solutions serve the data and voice access requirements of service providers, incumbent and new carriers, and enterprise networks, by reducing infrastructure investment costs while boosting competitiveness and profitability. The company’s installed base exceeds 10,000,000 units and includes more than 150 carriers and operators around the world. These customers are supported by 23 RAD offices and more than 300 channel partners in 164 countries.
RAD is a member of the RAD Group of companies, a world leader in networking and internetworking product solutions. RAD Data Communications site: www. rad.com